draught-house

noun

An outhouse; an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

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outhouse
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Meanings

noundraught-house (plural draught-houses)

plural draught-houses · alternative draughthouse · alternative draught house

  1. obsoleteAn outhouse; an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

    They... brake downe the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house.

    1611, Bible (KJV), 2 Kings, 10:27
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    Moslems and Hindus [...] abhor the unclean and unhealthy use of paper without ablution; and the people of India call European draught-houses, by way of opprobrium, "Kághaz-khánah" = paper closets.

    1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XXII, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 220 footnote

    Synonyms: outhouse

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn outhouse; an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

Similar
outhouse
Also see
commonsdraughtforeignkybolonghouseouthousepetty

Origin

From draught + house.

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APA

draught-house. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/draught-house

MLA

“draught-house.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/draught-house. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “draught-house,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/draught-house.

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