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latrine; privy, normally set over a stone shaft or drain
Garret
the top storey of a building within the roof ...

 


Garderobe: latrine
Gate House: the complex of towers, bridges, and barriers built to protect each entrance through a castle or town wall
Hall: principal living quarters of a medieval castle or house ...

Garderobe: A small latrine or toilet either built into the thickness of the wall or projected out from it; Projects from the wall as a small, rectangular bartizan.

Latrine - A privy.
Lease - A contract letting a house, farm, for a term, period of time for which contract is made.

In two-storey houses latrines are usually on the upper floor above a sealed latrine shaft (sekudar). [hide description]
See also
Agades; Oualata; West Africa
Further Reading
R. J. and S. K.

A very similar construction was used as a latrine and was usually suspended of the moat, and was known as a garderobe.

Clear examples are baths and latrines which could be either public or private, not to mention developments in under-floor heating, in the form of the hypocaust, double glazing (examples in Ostia Antica) and piped water (examples in Pompeii).

Reredorter(lit. behind the dormitory): Latrines in a monastery or abbey, usually placed east of the cloister.ReredosPainted and/or sculpted screen behind and above an altar.

See also: House, Tower, Architecture, Courtyard, Floor

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