dry closet

English

Noun

dry closet (plural dry closets)

A toilet, containing no water, in which earth or ashes were added to the excrement after each use, the contents being regularly collected.
Synonym: earth closet

Coordinate term: water closet

Translations

Translations

Finnish: kuivakäymälä (fi)
German: Trockenklosett (de) n
Polish: sucha toaleta f
Swedish: torrklosett c, torrtoalett c

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