siegehouse en · NOUN
Etymology
From siege (“seat, toilet seat”) + house.
Meanings
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(euphemistic, obsolete) An outbuilding with toilet seats: an outhouse.
The sege houses in þe West~orcherd were graunte to hym.
1440, Coventry Leet Book, page 194:A segehouse wold be vnder the open aire betwene two wallis.
1519, W. Horman, chapter XIX, in Vulgaria, page 170:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| segehouse | alternative | lexicographic | |
| siege-house | alternative | lexicographic | |
| sege house | alternative | lexicographic | |
| siegehouses | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| sege-house | alternative | lexicographic | |
| siege house | alternative | lexicographic |