backhouse

Etymology

From Old English bæchūs (“bakehouse”).

name

  1. A surname from Old English.

noun

  1. An outbuilding behind the main building, or an annex attached to the rear of it; especially, a scullery or washhouse.“[…] to abstene […] fra all melting […] of talloun within thair bak hous […]”
  2. An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.“BACK'HOUSE... a necessary.”