Steven Till

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