noun
- an outdoor toilet or privy
Usage: archaic; chiefly British
Examples
- The old farmhouse had a jakes behind the barn.
- In medieval times, the castle’s jakes were built over the moat.
- The cottage came with a small jakes at the bottom of the garden.
- Before indoor plumbing, every household needed a jakes.
- The historical village preserved the original jakes from the 1800s.