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siegehouse

siegehouse noun: an outbuilding with toilet seats: an outhouse.

Noun

siegehouse (plural siegehouses)

  1. (euphemistic, obsolete) An outbuilding with toilet seats: an outhouse.
    • The sege houses in þe West~orcherd were graunte to hym.1440, Coventry Leet Book, page 194
    • A segehouse wold be vnder the open aire betwene two wallis.1519, W. Horman, chapter XIX, in Vulgaria, page 170
    Synonyms:
    outhouse

Synonyms of siegehouse

Forms of siegehouse

pluralsiegehouses
alternative formsiege-house
alternative formsiege house
alternative formsegehouse
alternative formsege-house
alternative formsege house

Origin of siegehouse

From siege (“seat, toilet seat”) + house.

Questions about siegehouse

What does siegehouse mean?
Siegehouse means an outbuilding with toilet seats: an outhouse.
What part of speech is siegehouse?
Siegehouse is a noun.
What is the plural of siegehouse?
The plural of siegehouse is siegehouses.

Words near siegehouse in the dictionary

  1. siege-engines
  2. siege-house
  3. siege-houses
  4. siegecraft
  5. sieged
  6. siegehouse
  7. siegehouses
  8. Siegel
  9. Siegel disc
  10. Siegel discs
  11. Siegel disk

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