garderobes

"In the Middle Ages, the wealthy built 'garderobes', little rooms jutting out from the walls of their homes, such as Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk, which was used by King Henry VII in

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These were thegarbage piles, sometimes the leftovers of the latrines and garderobes.

Archeology and Waste « Colleen Anderson 2009

As for Hector Avalos, I hope he will join us, but I realize he is busy examining the shafts of ancient garderobes for his next article: Dexterous or sinister?

Avalos responds and Dembski too... - The Panda's Thumb 2007

The contents of the garderobes often dropped straight onto the road below or into moats—so, please, vanquish all your leftover romantic images of medieval castles from childhood fairy tales or Disney movies.

Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006

They had to urinate and defecate in chamber pots, garderobes, and close stools, and as a result they were left with a great stench in their homes.

Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006

Get really, really tired of dissertations on stinks and miasmas from garderobes , etc.and the automatic assumption that everything and everyone stunk to high heaven.

Sense of smell in historical fiction Carla 2006

The contents of the garderobes often dropped straight onto the road below or into moats—so, please, vanquish all your leftover romantic images of medieval castles from childhood fairy tales or Disney movies.

Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006

The garderobes were separate little rooms that did not store clothes but instead housed a seat of stone or wood with a hole in the middle.

Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006

The garderobes were separate little rooms that did not store clothes but instead housed a seat of stone or wood with a hole in the middle.

Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006

Up to and past the days of King Henry VIII, garderobes reigned supreme.

Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006