necessary vault

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An outhouse: an outbuilding used for the "necessary" business of urination and defecation.

Word forms

necessary vault necessary vaults

Etymology

Likely formed under influence from necessarium (“monastic latrine, outhouse, or lavatory”) and necessary (“outhouse; lavatory”).

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