kocay

kocay

English

Alternative forms

• koley, cockey

Etymology

From Middle English cokei (“stream; drain, gutter”).[1]

Noun

kocay (plural kocays)

1. (obsolete and rare) A place used for urination and defecation: a latrine; an outhouse; a lavatory.
   • c. 1440,, Promptorium Parvulorum, p. 281:

     Kocay, priuy, cloaca.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:bathroom

References

1. "cokei (n.)" in the Electronic Middle English Dictionary, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan.

• "† kocay, n." in the Oxford English Dictionary (1901), Oxford: Oxford University Press.