netty

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see also: Netty

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnɛti/

Adjective

netty (comparative nettier, superlative nettiest)

1. (obsolete, rare) Neat, well-groomed, natty.
   • 1573, Thomas Tusser, "Points of Huswifrie" in Fiue Hundreth Points of Good Husbandry:

     How prettie, how fine and how nettie,
     Good huswife should yettie.

Adjective

netty (comparative nettier, superlative nettiest)

1. Netted: made of or employing a net.
   • 1587, Leonard Mascall, The Booke of Cattell: Sheep, p. 214:

     Ye ought for to keepe them close, till the day haue taken the gellie or netty rime, from the earth.

2. Netlike.

Noun

netty (plural netties)

1. (Geordie) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
   • 1978, John Lewis, Uncertain Sound, Ch. iii, p. 75:

     A line of pit cottages... tiny back gardens with outside lavatories, ‘netties’, some of them emptied twice a week by the council.

   • 1992 May 4, The Independent, p. 13:

     Our toilet was an outside netty shared between two or three families, where you sat on a hole and hoped the cat wouldn't jump at your backside.

2. (Geordie) Any other place or fixture used for urination and defecation: a lavatory; a toilet.
   • 1903, English Dialect Dictionary, Vol. IV, p. 255:

     Netty, a privy or water-closet... A common name, amongst the working classes... In common use. In my recollection it was looked upon as a euphemism.

Synonyms

• (outhouse) See Thesaurus:bathroom
• (toilet) See Thesaurus:toilet

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Netty

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Proper noun

1. A female given name.

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