different between blackhouse vs backhouse

blackhouse

English

Noun

blackhouse (plural blackhouses)

  1. Alternative spelling of black-house

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backhouse

English

Alternative forms

  • back-house, back house

Etymology

From back +? house.

Noun

backhouse (plural backhouses)

  1. (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 []
  2. (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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