gongpit en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English gonge-put, from Old English gangpyt, equivalent to gong (“latrine, outhouse”) + pit.
Meanings
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(obsolete) The cesspit of a latrine or outhouse; a latrine or outhouse itself.
On þære nyðemestan fleringe wæs heora gangpyt & heora myxen.
c. 1000, Aelfric, Interrogationes SigewulfiIn to a gonge-put fer wiþ-Inne þe child adoun þer-Inne he þrong.
a. 1400, the Vernon Manuscript, Ch. xxix, p. 48
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gongpits | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| gong-pit | alternative | lexicographic |