gongpit

See also: gong-pit

English

Alternative forms

gong-pit

Etymology

From Middle English gonge-put, equivalent to gong (“latrine, outhouse”) +‎ pit.

Noun

gongpit (plural gongpits)

(obsolete) The cesspit of a latrine or outhouse; a latrine or outhouse itself.
- c. 1000, Aelfric, Interrogationes Sigewulfi:
  On þære nyðemestan fleringe wæs heora gangpyt & heora myxen.
- a. 1400, the Vernon Manuscript, Ch. xxix, p. 48:
  In to a gonge-put fer wiþ-Inne þe child adoun þer-Inne he þrong.

Synonyms

(pit): See cesspit
(toilet): See Thesaurus:bathroom

Related terms

See gong

References

""† gong, n.¹" in the Oxford English Dictionary (1900), Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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