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Definition of earth closet in English: earth closetnoun British A basic type of toilet with dry earth used to cover excrement. 〈英〉（用干土覆盖粪便的）厕所，茅厕 Example sentencesExamples - I think there was an earth closet outside actually.
- Hidden away under a large yew tree was the privy or earth closet, our only toilet facilities.
- During this period people used earth closets, chamber pots, close stools; open defecation remained.
- It is a people's history’ beginning in a world of horse-drawn carriages, earth closets and hiring fairs.
- There is no running water or electricity and sanitary arrangements consist of outside earth closets.
- We lived in a one-room bedsit, shared a kitchen, had no bathroom and used an outdoor earth closet adjoining the pigsty.
- They park behind the cottages on the back lane, which was constructed to allow night-soil wagons to collect the waste from the one-time earth closets.
- His duties consisted of grooming the magistrate's horse, cleaning out the stable, cutting firewood and keeping clean the dry earth closet out in the yard.
- However, most houses in the village were served by earth closets and the inability to discharge water closets properly meant that if the piped system was not installed most houses would have to do without flushing lavatories.
- The house, while still very rustic, is a far cry from the early days of an earth closet up the garden, outdoor shower behind a large rock and hauling every drop of water out of the well by bucket.
Synonyms lavatory, wc, water closet, convenience, public convenience, facilities, urinal, privy, latrine, outhouse, jakes
Definition of earth closet in US English: earth closetnounˈərTH ˌkläzət British A basic type of toilet with dry earth used to cover excrement. 〈英〉（用干土覆盖粪便的）厕所，茅厕 Example sentencesExamples - However, most houses in the village were served by earth closets and the inability to discharge water closets properly meant that if the piped system was not installed most houses would have to do without flushing lavatories.
- It is a people's history’ beginning in a world of horse-drawn carriages, earth closets and hiring fairs.
- During this period people used earth closets, chamber pots, close stools; open defecation remained.
- His duties consisted of grooming the magistrate's horse, cleaning out the stable, cutting firewood and keeping clean the dry earth closet out in the yard.
- We lived in a one-room bedsit, shared a kitchen, had no bathroom and used an outdoor earth closet adjoining the pigsty.
- I think there was an earth closet outside actually.
- The house, while still very rustic, is a far cry from the early days of an earth closet up the garden, outdoor shower behind a large rock and hauling every drop of water out of the well by bucket.
- They park behind the cottages on the back lane, which was constructed to allow night-soil wagons to collect the waste from the one-time earth closets.
- Hidden away under a large yew tree was the privy or earth closet, our only toilet facilities.
- There is no running water or electricity and sanitary arrangements consist of outside earth closets.
Synonyms lavatory, wc, water closet, convenience, public convenience, facilities, urinal, privy, latrine, outhouse, jakes
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