English Explanatory Dictionary

privy house

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An outhouse: an outbuilding used for urination and defecation.

Word forms

privy house privy houses privy-house

Etymology

From privy (“outhouse”) to clarify the intended sense, likely under the influence of Anglo-Norman privé hostel (attested in an 1139 British source) and Latin domus privata (1141).

Synonyms

outhouse
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