# passage house

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. An outbuilding used for the passage of feces: an outhouse.
2. A building providing transportation across a passage: a ferryhouse.

## Etymology
From passage in its obsolete sense "passage of feces" and dated sense "place for easy passage of a river etc."

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/passage-house