Meanings
plural siegehouses · alternative siege-house · alternative siege house · alternative segehouse · alternative sege-house · alternative sege house
- euphemisticobsoleteAn outbuilding with toilet seats: an outhouse.
The sege houses in þe West~orcherd were graunte to hym.
1440, Coventry Leet Book, page 1941 more example
A segehouse wold be vnder the open aire betwene two wallis.
1519, W. Horman, chapter XIX, in Vulgaria, page 170Synonyms: outhouse
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn outbuilding with toilet seats: an outhouse.
Origin
From siege (“seat, toilet seat”) + house.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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