outhouse (plural outhouses)

1. (North America) An outbuilding—typically permanent—containing a toilet or seat over a cesspit.
2. (dated) Any outbuilding: any small structure located apart from a main building.
   • 1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 6, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473 ↗:

     […] plenty of sand and cement had been found in one of the outhouses

• (outer building used for urination and defecation) See Thesaurus:outhouse
• (any small outer building) See outbuilding

• German: Plumpsklo, Außenklo (colloquial); Außentoilette
• Italian: gabinetto esterno, latrina, cesso alla turca
• Portuguese: casinha, patente
• Russian: се́льский туале́т