Jakes

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jakes \Jakes\, n. [Prob. fr. F. Jacques, the proper name. See 2d
     {Jack}.]
     A privy. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  jakes
       n : a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which
           a user can defecate [syn: {outhouse}, {privy}, {earth-closet}]