jakeshouse

See also: jakes-house and jakes house

English

Alternative forms

• jakes-house, jakes house

Etymology

From jakes (“outhouse; lavatory”) +‎ house, to clarify the intended sense.

Noun

jakeshouse (plural jakeshouses)

1. (obsolete) An outbuilding with a jakes: an outhouse.
   • 1577, "H.I." translating H. Bullinger as 50 Godlie Sermons, III, v, iii:

     A dounghill God, […] a God of the jakeshouse.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:outhouse

Hypernyms

• house