siegehouse

See also: siege-house and siege house

English

Alternative forms

• siege-house, siege house
• segehouse, sege-house, sege house

Etymology

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

Noun

siegehouse (plural siegehouses)

1. (euphemistic, obsolete) An outbuilding with toilet seats: an outhouse.
   • 1440, Coventry Leet Book, p. 194:

     The sege houses in þe West~orcherd were graunte to hym.

   • 1519, W. Horman, Vulgaria, Ch. xix, p. 170:

     A segehouse wold be vnder the open aire betwene two wallis.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:bathroom

Hypernyms

• house