backhousen.

Brit.

/ˈbakhaʊs/, U.S.

/ˈbækˌhaʊs/

Forms: see back- comb. form and house n.¹ and int.; also (English regional) 1800s backas, 1800s back-ouze, 1800s bakhus, 1800s– backus.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: back- comb. form, house n.¹

Etymology: < back- comb. form + house n.¹In early use and in regional use sometimes difficult to distinguish from bakehouse n.

1. The rear part of a house, or a subsidiary building situated to the rear of the main premises of a house, esp. one used for a specific purpose, as a wash house, storage space, etc. Chiefly regional in later use (now rare).

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > additional or separate part > at rear

back-building1535

backhouse1557

1557 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1875) III. 17 To abstene..fra all melting..of talloun within thair bak hous.

a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. ix. 340 Bayth hall, chalmer, baghous, barne and byre.

1652 in C. H. Mayo Munic. Rec. Borough of Dorchester (1908) 611 It is agreed by this Company that the back house at the parsonage new house should be forthwith taken downe and sold.

1710 London Gaz. No. 4637/4 A well built Brick House, with a Back-house and other Buildings behind.

1779 Deed in W. Newnam Compl. Conveyancer 548 All taxes, rates, and parish duties, to be paid for the said messuage or dwelling-house, shop, warehouse, back-house, room and premises.

1803 T. Smith Wonders Nature & Art VII. ii. 211 In these back-houses strangers are usually lodged and entertained; in them the sons of the family are permitted to keep their concubines.

1888 B. L. Burnett From Stable Boy xxvii. 148 I was layving..without going to the zider cask in the back-houze.

1979 G. Cooper Deserted Island 28 Cold Winter's sun has set, and it is night, And from the old ‘back-house’ a cheerful light Falls on the door yard snows, and wood shed near.

2. North American. A small building or room containing a toilet, esp. one which is behind or outside a main building. Cf. outhouse n. 2.Perhaps also compare earlier in (the) backhouse ditch at Phrases, which may allude to a cesspit.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun]

gongOE

privy?c1225

room-housec1275

chamber foreignc1300

wardrobea1325

privy chamberc1325

foreignc1390

siegec1400

stool1410

jakes1432

house of easementa1438

kocayc1440

siege-hole1440

siege-house1440

privy house1463

withdraught1493

draught1530

shield1535

bench-hole1542

common house1542

stool1542

jakes house1547

boggard1552

house of office?1560

purging place1577

little house1579

issue1588

Ajax1596

draught-house1597

private1600

necessary house1612

vault1617

longhouse1622

latrine1623

necessary1633

commonsa1641

gingerbread officea1643

boghouse1644

cloaca1645

passage-house1646

retreat1653

shithouse1659

closet of ease1662

garderobe1680

backside1704

office1727

bog?1731

house of ease1734

cuz-john1735

easing-chair1771

backhouse1800

outhouse1819

netty1825

petty1848

seat of ease1850

closet1869

bathroom1883

crapper1927

lat1927

shouse1941

biffy1942

shitholec1947

toot1965

shitter1967

woodshed1974

1800 Amer. Rev. Apr. 294/1 The back houses in a city are, in many respects, a terrible nuisance.

1864 Littell's Living Age 3rd Ser. 27 377/1 Just before we left Atlanta, one of our men with diarrhœa went to the back house.

1887 Druggists' Ready Ref. (Morrisson, Plummer & Co.) 643 This should be used freely in drains, cesspools, back-houses, stables, [etc.].

1922 Hot Dog Jan. 10 ‘Well’, he says, ‘I'm so used to drinking my beer in the backhouse since Prohibition that I wouldn't enjoy it unless I had the odor to go with it.’

1966 J. Dos Passos Best Times (1968) ii. 42 It was a beautiful old backhouse, pale pink stucco with a tile roof overgrown with vines.

1985 Toronto Star (Nexis) 6 Nov. a2 During the Depression, I cleaned out backhouses in the east end for 15 cents each.

2003 M. Wilson City Slicker Chicken ix. 26 When the catalogue was placed in the backhouse, its end was imminent; toilet paper as we know it was nonexistent then.

Phrases

† in (the) backhouse ditch: in a bad state or situation, ruined. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1576 G. Whetstone Ortchard of Repentance 17 in Rocke of Regard When they both in backhouse ditch are brought, To poule them both, let some deuise be wrought.

a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 724 The intercession by Angels lyeth (as they say) in the backhouse ditch.

1649 T. Wincoll Plantagenets Tragicall Story ii. 121 I'le swear him Bankrupt, in the backhouse ditch.

Compounds

General attributive (now chiefly in sense 2), as backhouse boy, backhouse chamber, backhouse door, etc.Recorded earliest in attributive use in in (the) backhouse ditch at Phrases.

ΚΠ

1576 G. Whetstone Ortchard of Repentance 17 in Rocke of Regard When they both in backhouse ditch are brought, To poule them both, let some deuise be wrought.

1763 Gentleman's Mag. June 297/1 Cleobold and Riches, the two maids, lay in the back-house chamber.

1793 J. Woodforde Diary 3 Mar. (1929) IV. 12 It..blowed out part of the back-House Chamber Window.

1850 Express 4 Sept. 4/1 She was near the swill cistern and the men were sitting by the backhouse door.

1896 F. Hall in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1898) I. 116/1 Backhouse boy, scullery boy.

1939 C. Morley Kitty Foyle xvii. 161 None of that backhouse talk when Molly Scarf gets here.

1944 A. Jobson Suffolk Yesterdays v. 75 A mat for the backus door.

2009 Leader-Post (Regina, Sask.) (Nexis) 23 Nov. a1 Warm pee freezes almost instantly, growing as an icy stalagmite in the backhouse pit.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	backhouse
释义	backhousen. Brit. /ˈbakhaʊs/, U.S. /ˈbækˌhaʊs/ Forms: see back- comb. form and house n.¹ and int.; also (English regional) 1800s backas, 1800s back-ouze, 1800s bakhus, 1800s– backus. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: back- comb. form, house n.¹ Etymology: < back- comb. form + house n.¹In early use and in regional use sometimes difficult to distinguish from bakehouse n. 1. The rear part of a house, or a subsidiary building situated to the rear of the main premises of a house, esp. one used for a specific purpose, as a wash house, storage space, etc. Chiefly regional in later use (now rare). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > additional or separate part > at rear back-building1535 backhouse1557 1557 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1875) III. 17 To abstene..fra all melting..of talloun within thair bak hous. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. ix. 340 Bayth hall, chalmer, baghous, barne and byre. 1652 in C. H. Mayo Munic. Rec. Borough of Dorchester (1908) 611 It is agreed by this Company that the back house at the parsonage new house should be forthwith taken downe and sold. 1710 London Gaz. No. 4637/4 A well built Brick House, with a Back-house and other Buildings behind. 1779 Deed in W. Newnam Compl. Conveyancer 548 All taxes, rates, and parish duties, to be paid for the said messuage or dwelling-house, shop, warehouse, back-house, room and premises. 1803 T. Smith Wonders Nature & Art VII. ii. 211 In these back-houses strangers are usually lodged and entertained; in them the sons of the family are permitted to keep their concubines. 1888 B. L. Burnett From Stable Boy xxvii. 148 I was layving..without going to the zider cask in the back-houze. 1979 G. Cooper Deserted Island 28 Cold Winter's sun has set, and it is night, And from the old ‘back-house’ a cheerful light Falls on the door yard snows, and wood shed near. 2. North American. A small building or room containing a toilet, esp. one which is behind or outside a main building. Cf. outhouse n. 2.Perhaps also compare earlier in (the) backhouse ditch at Phrases, which may allude to a cesspit. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] gongOE privy?c1225 room-housec1275 chamber foreignc1300 wardrobea1325 privy chamberc1325 foreignc1390 siegec1400 stool1410 jakes1432 house of easementa1438 kocayc1440 siege-hole1440 siege-house1440 privy house1463 withdraught1493 draught1530 shield1535 bench-hole1542 common house1542 stool1542 jakes house1547 boggard1552 house of office?1560 purging place1577 little house1579 issue1588 Ajax1596 draught-house1597 private1600 necessary house1612 vault1617 longhouse1622 latrine1623 necessary1633 commonsa1641 gingerbread officea1643 boghouse1644 cloaca1645 passage-house1646 retreat1653 shithouse1659 closet of ease1662 garderobe1680 backside1704 office1727 bog?1731 house of ease1734 cuz-john1735 easing-chair1771 backhouse1800 outhouse1819 netty1825 petty1848 seat of ease1850 closet1869 bathroom1883 crapper1927 lat1927 shouse1941 biffy1942 shitholec1947 toot1965 shitter1967 woodshed1974 1800 Amer. Rev. Apr. 294/1 The back houses in a city are, in many respects, a terrible nuisance. 1864 Littell's Living Age 3rd Ser. 27 377/1 Just before we left Atlanta, one of our men with diarrhœa went to the back house. 1887 Druggists' Ready Ref. (Morrisson, Plummer & Co.) 643 This should be used freely in drains, cesspools, back-houses, stables, [etc.]. 1922 Hot Dog Jan. 10 ‘Well’, he says, ‘I'm so used to drinking my beer in the backhouse since Prohibition that I wouldn't enjoy it unless I had the odor to go with it.’ 1966 J. Dos Passos Best Times (1968) ii. 42 It was a beautiful old backhouse, pale pink stucco with a tile roof overgrown with vines. 1985 Toronto Star (Nexis) 6 Nov. a2 During the Depression, I cleaned out backhouses in the east end for 15 cents each. 2003 M. Wilson City Slicker Chicken ix. 26 When the catalogue was placed in the backhouse, its end was imminent; toilet paper as we know it was nonexistent then. Phrases † in (the) backhouse ditch: in a bad state or situation, ruined. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1576 G. Whetstone Ortchard of Repentance 17 in Rocke of Regard When they both in backhouse ditch are brought, To poule them both, let some deuise be wrought. a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 724 The intercession by Angels lyeth (as they say) in the backhouse ditch. 1649 T. Wincoll Plantagenets Tragicall Story ii. 121 I'le swear him Bankrupt, in the backhouse ditch. Compounds General attributive (now chiefly in sense 2), as backhouse boy, backhouse chamber, backhouse door, etc.Recorded earliest in attributive use in in (the) backhouse ditch at Phrases. ΚΠ 1576 G. Whetstone Ortchard of Repentance 17 in Rocke of Regard When they both in backhouse ditch are brought, To poule them both, let some deuise be wrought. 1763 Gentleman's Mag. June 297/1 Cleobold and Riches, the two maids, lay in the back-house chamber. 1793 J. Woodforde Diary 3 Mar. (1929) IV. 12 It..blowed out part of the back-House Chamber Window. 1850 Express 4 Sept. 4/1 She was near the swill cistern and the men were sitting by the backhouse door. 1896 F. Hall in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1898) I. 116/1 Backhouse boy, scullery boy. 1939 C. Morley Kitty Foyle xvii. 161 None of that backhouse talk when Molly Scarf gets here. 1944 A. Jobson Suffolk Yesterdays v. 75 A mat for the backus door. 2009 Leader-Post (Regina, Sask.) (Nexis) 23 Nov. a1 Warm pee freezes almost instantly, growing as an icy stalagmite in the backhouse pit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1557
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