outhouse

Etymology

From Middle English outhous, equivalent to out- + house. Compare Old Norse úthús (“outhouse”).

noun

1. (Canada, US) An outbuilding, typically permanent, containing a toilet or seat over a cesspit.
2. (dated) Any outbuilding: any small structure located apart from a main building.
   There was a considerable outhouse, which he unlocked and we entered. 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Disintegration Machine

verb

1. (transitive) To house in a separate building.
   In our discussion of outhousing we have tried to take into account the inconvenience to users as well as the potential savings in costs. 1969, Great Britain. National Libraries Committee, Frederick Sydney Dainton, Report of the National Libraries Committee (page 85)
   The Information Department is outhoused but there are operational reasons for this and it would, in any case, be physically impossible to house the staff of the Department in the main building. 1975, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Sessional Papers, volume 28, page 38