- (British English)
a small building, such as a shed, outside a main building （主建筑的）外围建筑，附属建筑 They found the tools in an outhouse of the vicarage. 他们在牧师的厕所里找到了工具。
- (especially North American English)
a toilet in a small building of its own 屋外厕所 They dug a latrine and built an outhouse around it. 他们挖了一个厕所，并在它周围建造了一个厕所。