English Dictionary

house of office

名詞

婉語 廃用

(obsolete, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

日本語の意味

屋外に設置された便所、すなわち建物の外にある、便所として利用される別棟

The old farmhouse still had a crumbling house of office behind the barn, reminding everyone of simpler times.

古い農家には今でも納屋の後ろに崩れかけた屋外便所があり、皆に質素な時代を思い出させた。

意味（1）

(obsolete, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

I never, since I left England, till now, have regal'd Myself with a good house of Office... the holes in Germany are... too round, chiefly owing... to the broader bottoms of the Germans.

houses of office （ plural ）