draught-house en · NOUN
Etymology
From draught + house.
Meanings
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(obsolete) An outhouse; an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
They... brake downe the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house.
1611, Bible (KJV), 2 Kings, 10:27Moslems and Hindus [...] abhor the unclean and unhealthy use of paper without ablution; and the people of India call European draught-houses, by way of opprobrium, "Kághaz-khánah" = paper closets.
1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XXII, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 220 footnote:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| draught-houses | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| draughthouse | alternative | lexicographic | |
| draught house | alternative | lexicographic |