English Dictionary

house of ease

名詞

婉語 廃用

(euphemistic, obsolete) An outbuilding used to ease one's bowels: an outhouse.

日本語の意味

外付けの簡易トイレ、便所。特に、庭などに設置される小屋状のトイレを指す表現（婉曲表現、古風な用法）。

The old farmhouse still had a weathered house of ease behind the barn, a reminder of how people once lived.

古い農家には今でも納屋の裏に風化した屋外の便所があり、かつての暮らしを思い起こさせた。

意味（1）

(euphemistic, obsolete) An outbuilding used to ease one's bowels: an outhouse.

Had you but through a Cranny spy'd On House of Ease your future Bride.

houses of ease （ plural ）