draught-house

See also: draughthouse and draught house

English

Alternative forms

draughthouse, draught house

Etymology

From draught +‎ house.

Noun

draught-house (plural draught-houses)

(obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- 1611, Bible (KJV), 2 Kings, 10:27:
- They... brake downe the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:bathroom

References

"draught, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary (1897), Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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