Meaning of necessary place | Babel Free

Definitions

A place used for the business of urination and defecation: an outhouse or lavatory.

euphemistic, obsolete

Examples

“He bought, for example, a common edition of Horace, of which he tore off gradually a couple of pages, carried them with him to that necessary place, read them first, and then sent them down as a sacrifice to Cloacina: this was so much time fairly gained, and I recommend you to follow his example.”

CEFR level