Medieval History Term of the Week: Garderobe
Garderobe
[gahrd-rohb]
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from garder to watch, guard + robe clothing
1) Latrine (Gies, Joseph and Francis. Life in a Medieval Castle, 226)
2) A lavatory in the thickness of the wall of a building with a chute leading down to a pit in the ground.
(Beresford, Maurice and Hurst, John. Wharram Percy: Deserted Medieval Village, 137)
*term definitions retrieved from Netserf’s Medieval Glossary (http://www.netserf.org/Glossary)
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval Glossary, Medieval History on January 30th, 2009
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