Outhouse
['aʊthaʊs]
Definition
(noun.) a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate.
Edited by Arnold--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A small house or building at a little distance from the main house; an outbuilding.
Inputed by Leonard
Definition
n. a small building outside a dwelling-house.
Typist: Sol
Examples
- We stopped under the lee of the lobster-outhouse to exchange an innocent kiss, and went in to breakfast glowing with health and pleasure. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Nearer the road, and surrounded on three sides by bushes, was a small outhouse, one window and the door facing in our direction. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- In the outhouse you will find a considerable quantity of straw, said Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The outhouse was the simplest of dwellings, wooden-walled, shingle-roofed, one window beside the door and one on the farther side. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He unlatched the door of an outhouse. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She threw off her trappings in the outhouse, rolled them up, and went indoors to her chamber. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- On the very first day that I was at the Copper Beeches, Mr. Rucastle took me to a small outhouse which stands near the kitchen door. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mrs. Yeobright told him that he might have whatever ropes he could find in the outhouse, and Sam went out to search. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Edited by Enrico