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单词 gongpit
释义

gongpit

See also: gong-pit

English

Alternative forms

  • gong-pit

Etymology

From Middle English gonge-put, equivalent to gong (latrine, outhouse) + pit.

Noun

gongpit (plural gongpits)

  1. (obsolete) The cesspit of a latrine or outhouse; a latrine or outhouse itself.
    • c. 1000, Aelfric, Interrogationes Sigewulfi:
      On þære nyðemestan fleringe wæs heora gangpyt & heora myxen.
    • a. 1400,, the Vernon Manuscript, Ch. xxix, p. 48:
      In to a gonge-put fer wiþ-Inne þe child adoun þer-Inne he þrong.

Synonyms

  • (pit): See cesspit
  • (toilet): See Thesaurus:bathroom
  • See gong

References

  • ""† gong, n.¹" in the Oxford English Dictionary (1900), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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