Meaning of house of easement | Babel Free

Definitions

An outbuilding in which to do one's easement (defecate): an outhouse.

euphemistic, obsolete

Examples

“Se the hous of esement be swete & clene.”

“[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.”

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