Home › Words › O › outhouseouthouse/ˈaʊthaʊs/outhouse means an outbuilding, typically permanent, containing a toilet or seat over a cesspit.outhouse is pronounced /ˈaʊthaʊs/.EtymologyFrom Middle English outhous, equivalent to out- + house. Compare Old Norse úthús (“outhouse”).nounAn outbuilding, typically permanent, containing a toilet or seat over a cesspit.Any outbuilding: any small structure located apart from a main building.verbTo house in a separate building.e.g.“In our discussion of outhousing we have tried to take into account the inconvenience to users as well as the potential savings in costs.” — 1969, Great Britain. National Libraries Committee, Frederick Sydney Dainton, Report of the National Libraries Committee (page 85)Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).