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means A small outbuilding set apart from the main house, typically a simple privy or toilet built over a pit, though it can also mean any detached shed or annex.
from A plain English compound, joining "out" with "house" — literally a house that stands outside the main one. The word is old and unromantic, dating back centuries to describe any outbuilding (barn, shed, lean-to); the specifically lavatorial sense bloomed later, especially in American usage, where "outhouse" became the polite shorthand for the privy down the garden path. English is fond of such honest compounds — see also "outbuilding" and "outpost" — where "out" simply means "away from the center of things."
- crescent moon
- once marked the women's privy, not the men's
- deepest known
- a Roman one descended over 30 feet underground
- still standing
- millions worldwide remain in active daily use
- sears legacy
- old catalog pages doubled as free toilet paper
- vault science
- darkness and depth deter flies and odor
chew mag outhouse — gilman, vermont structure from 1880s, moved to shelburne museum in 1961
buzzard roost outhouse — historic outhouse in kentucky preserved at lost river museum