backhouse
nounEtymology From back + house.
1
Dialectal An outbuilding behind the main building, or an annex attached to the rear of it; especially, a scullery or washhouse.
- […] to abstene […] fra all melting […] of talloun within thair bak hous […]1557, Edinburgh Burgh Records, volume III, page 17:
2
Canada, US, Euphemistic An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- BACK'HOUSE... a necessary.1847, Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language:
- […] the chlorides Mother was always throwing into the little outdoor backhouse […]1939, Christopher Morley, chapter II, in Kitty Foyle, page 23:
- Synonyms
- backside
- Hypernyms
- backside, house, outbuilding