house of easement

English

From easement in its former euphemistic use to reference the easing of one's bowels.[1]

house of easement (plural houses of easement)

(euphemistic, obsolete) An outbuilding in which to do one's easement (defecate): an outhouse.
- 1508, Book of Keruynge:
  Se the hous of esement be swete & clene.
- 2011, Lucy Worsley, “The Whole World is a Toilet”, in If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home, London: Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 153:
  [T]he lowest servants at Hampton Court used the great communal toilet capable of seating fourteen people at once named the ‘Common Jakes’ or the ‘Great House of Easement’. This giant facility discharged into a tank which was washed clean by the waters of the moat. Even so, the tank emitted a dreadful smell and frequently had to be scrubbed clean.

"easement, n." in the Oxford English Dictionary (1891), Oxford: Oxford University Press.

单词	house of easement
释义	house of easement English Etymology From easement in its former euphemistic use to reference the easing of one's bowels.[1] Noun house of easement (plural houses of easement) (euphemistic, obsolete) An outbuilding in which to do one's easement (defecate): an outhouse. 1508, Book of Keruynge: Se the hous of esement be swete & clene. 2011, Lucy Worsley, “The Whole World is a Toilet”, in If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home, London: Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 153: [T]he lowest servants at Hampton Court used the great communal toilet capable of seating fourteen people at once named the ‘Common Jakes’ or the ‘Great House of Easement’. This giant facility discharged into a tank which was washed clean by the waters of the moat. Even so, the tank emitted a dreadful smell and frequently had to be scrubbed clean. Synonyms See Thesaurus:bathroom Derived terms house of ease Related terms do one's easement stool of easement References "easement, n." in the Oxford English Dictionary (1891), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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