jakes

2 definitions found

jakes - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

jakes - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  jakes
      n 1: a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which
           a user can defecate [syn: outhouse, privy, earth- closet
           , jakes]