English

Alternative forms

• jakes-house, jakes house

Noun

jakeshouse ‎(plural jakeshouses)

1. (obsolete) An outbuilding with a jakes: an outhouse.
   • 1577, "H.I." translating H. Bullinger as 50 Godlie Sermons, III, v, iii:

     A dounghill God,... a God of the jakeshouse.

Synonyms

• See Wikisaurus:bathroom

References

1. ↑ "jakes, n." in the Oxford English Dictionary (1900), Oxford: Oxford University Press.