house of easement
house of easement noun: an outbuilding in which to do one's easement (defecate): an outhouse.
Noun
house of easement (plural houses of easement)
- An outbuilding in which to do one's easement (defecate): an outhouse.
- Se the hous of esement be swete & clene.1508, Book of Keruynge
- [T]he lowest servants at Hampton Court used the great communal toilet capable of seating fourteen people at once named the ‘Common Jakes’ or the ‘Great House of Easement’. This giant facility discharged into a tank which was washed clean by the waters of the moat. Even so, the tank emitted a...2011, Lucy Worsley, “The Whole World is a Toilet”, in If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home, London: Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 153
- Synonyms:
- outhouse
Synonyms of house of easement
Forms of house of easement
| plural | houses of easement |
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Origin of house of easement
From easement in its former euphemistic use to reference the easing of one's bowels.
Words formed from house of easement
Questions about house of easement
- What does house of easement mean?
- House of easement means an outbuilding in which to do one's easement (defecate): an outhouse.
- What part of speech is house of easement?
- House of easement is a noun.
- What is the plural of house of easement?
- The plural of house of easement is houses of easement.
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