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Definition of Outhouse
1. Noun. A small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate.
Definition of Outhouse
1. n. A small house or building at a little distance from the main house; an outbuilding.
Definition of Outhouse
1. Noun. An outbuilding, a small structure located away, or not directly accessed from, a main building. ¹
2. Noun. (North America) An outdoor toilet, (or often just a seat over a cesspool) in a wooden cubicle, where the term is usually referring to a permanent facility. Where an outdoor toilet is installed on a temporary basis, the term '''portable toilet''' is generally used. The slang terms john and johnny house are sometimes used to identify an outdoor toilet; see also privy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outhouse
1. a toilet housed in a small structure [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outhouse
Literary usage of Outhouse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"An outhouse is one that belongs to a dwelling, and is in some respects a parcel
... An outhouse Is any house necessary for the purposes of life In which the ..."
2. He Knew He was Right by Anthony Trollope (1869)
"THE receipt of Mrs. Trevelyan's letter on that Monday morning was a great surprise
both to Mr. and Mrs. outhouse. There was no time for any consideration, ..."
3. Civil Procedure Reports: Containing Cases Under the Code of Civil Procedure by New York (State), Henry Huffman Browne, Courts, Rufus Leonard Scott, James Manford Kerr, Percival Soloman Menken (1895)
"Claim by Sylvester outhouse against Angelina Odell, as executrix of Rachael ...
From the decision of affirmance, defendant appeals. Affirmed. outhouse ..."
4. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"Smokehouse A "smokehouse" is not necessarily an "outhouse" belonging to or used
with a dwelling house. It usually Is used with a dwelling house, ..."
5. A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors by William Oldnall Russell, Charles Sprengel Greaves (1877)
"(j) The prisoner was charged in one count with setting fire to an outhouse, and
in another with setting fire to a stable ; the place burnt had been an oven ..."
6. Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year by New-York Historical Society (1824)
"of John was in Company with the said outhouse the whole of cont*a the Evening
until about 12 OClock, when the said outhouse went to Bed, that the Affirmant ..."
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