different between blackhouse vs backhouse
blackhouse
English
Noun
blackhouse (plural blackhouses)
- Alternative spelling of black-house
blackhouse From the web:
backhouse
English
Alternative forms
- back-house, back house
Etymology
From back +? house.
Noun
backhouse (plural backhouses)
- (now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building.
- 1557, Edinburgh Burgh Records, Vol. III, p. 17:
- […] to abstene […] fra all melting […] of talloun within thair bak hous […]
- 1557, Edinburgh Burgh Records, Vol. III, p. 17:
- (US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
Synonyms
- (outhouse): backside (UK); see also Thesaurus:bathroom
Hypernyms
- backside
- house
- outbuilding
Descendants
- ? French: bécosse
References
- Oxford English Dictionary. "back-house, n."
Anagrams
- houseback
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