Meanings
noungongpit (plural gongpits)
plural gongpits · alternative gong-pit
- obsoleteThe cesspit of a latrine or outhouse; a latrine or outhouse itself.
On þære nyðemestan fleringe wæs heora gangpyt & heora myxen.
c. 1000, Aelfric, Interrogationes Sigewulfi1 more example
In to a gonge-put fer wiþ-Inne þe child adoun þer-Inne he þrong.
a. 1400, the Vernon Manuscript, Ch. xxix, p. 48
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Old Englishgangpyt
- Middle Englishgonge-put
- Englishgongpit
From Middle English gonge-put, from Old English gangpyt, equivalent to gong (“latrine, outhouse”) + pit.
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