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单词 rere-dorter
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rere-dortern.

Brit. /ˈrɪədɔːtə/, U.S. /ˈrɪ(ə)rˌdɔrdər/
Forms: late Middle English rere-dortor, late Middle English rere-dortour, 1800s– rere-dorter, 1900s– rere-dortor.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rear- comb. form, dortour n.
Etymology: < rear- comb. form (compare forms at that entry) + dortour n. N.E.D. (1906) gives the stress as rere-ˈdorter.
historical in later use.
A privy situated at the back of the dormitory in a convent or monastery.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > in a convent or monastery
rere-dorterc1450
necessarium1848
c1450 in S. Bentley Excerpta Hist. (1833) 418 Pryuay or reredortor.
?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 253 If any suster in the rere dortour, otherwyse callyd the house of esemente, behave her unwomanly.
1891 W. H. St. J. Hope in E. Venables Chron. de Parco Lude Introd. 55 This communicated directly at its southern end with the reredorter.1900 W. H. St. J. Hope in Yorks. Archæol. Jrnl. 15 354 The rere-dorter built after the fire was 92 feet long.1960 L. Wright Clean & Decent xviii. 264 In the monasteries the proper route from the rere-dorter to the refectory was by way of the laver.1993 Independent 27 July 2/1 In monastic times, the water of the river Skell..was used to flush the reredorters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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