kocay

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English cokei (“stream; drain, gutter”).[1]

Noun

kocay (plural kocays)

  1. (obsolete and rare) A place used for urination and defecation: a latrine; an outhouse; a lavatory.

Synonyms

References
  1. "cokei (n.)" in the Electronic Middle English Dictionary, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan.
  • "† kocay, n." in the Oxford English Dictionary (1901), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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