gongpit

See also: gong-pit

English

Alternative forms

• gong-pit

Etymology

From Middle English gonge-put, from Old English gangpyt, equivalent to gong (“latrine, outhouse”) +‎ pit.

Noun

gongpit (plural gongpits)

1. (obsolete) The cesspit of a latrine or outhouse; a latrine or outhouse itself.
   • c. 1000, Aelfric, Interrogationes Sigewulfi:

     On þære nyðemestan fleringe wæs heora gangpyt & heora myxen.

   • a. 1400, the Vernon Manuscript, Ch. xxix, p. 48:

     In to a gonge-put fer wiþ-Inne þe child adoun þer-Inne he þrong.

Synonyms

• (pit): See cesspit
• (toilet): See Thesaurus:bathroom

Related terms

• See gong

References

• ""† gong, n.¹" in the Oxford English Dictionary (1900), Oxford: Oxford University Press.