Sentence examples similar to earth-closet from inspiring English sources

Maybe there was an earth closet outside.

An earth closet outside at the back; a well in front - still the only source of water.

There stands the family's earth closet and there Carlyle buried his wife's dog, Nero, tragically done in by a butcher's cart.

In many rural areas the system never moved beyond shared standpipes on the street and an earth closet in the garden.

In some areas, an earth closet was used.

As with the pail system, earth closet containers were designed to be emptied frequently.

Also constructed were a small fuel store, workshop, paint store and earth closet near the keeper's cottage, and two fuel stores with earth closet and sink for the assistant cottages.

The earth closet was popular and was used in private houses, military camps, hospitals and extensively in India.

Earth closets were usually housed in a separate building from the main structure and were well ventilated.

In this manner CBS systems are modern evolutions of the "earth closet" systems first developed by Henry Moule and colleagues in the mid-1800s, in which faeces were captured in containers and covered with dry earth.

For the forebears of modern CBS services, earth closets, maintaining a steady supply of cover material and sustaining proper use of the toilet were deemed persistent challenges.