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PIT TOILET [3 records]

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Record 1 2022-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Fixtures
  • Parks and Botanical Gardens
DEF

A [pit] toilet that collects waste in a barrel or drum [which is] sealed when full and transported by truck or helicopter to a treatment plant for proper disposal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils sanitaires
  • Parcs et jardins botaniques

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Fixtures
  • Ship's Organization (Military)
DEF

A privy placed directly over an excavation in the ground.

DEF

A building, either portable or fixed directly to a pit or vault, equipped with seating and used to collect human excrement.

DEF

An outbuilding with one or more seats and a pit serving as a toilet; privy.

OBS

Vault: the pit of a privy.

OBS

pit privy, pit toilet and dry toilet : terms used by Parks Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils sanitaires
  • Organisation du navire (Militaire)
DEF

Installation sommaire pour la réception des excréments humains.

DEF

Lieux d'aisances sommaires dépourvus de toute installation sanitaire.

OBS

Le terme «bécosse» est un canadianisme de la langue populaire né de la déformation de l'anglais «back house»; le terme désigne non seulement les latrines mais aussi, en langage familier et populaire (à la limite du vulgaire), tout type de lieux d'aisances.

OBS

Latrine : Au singulier, rare et littéraire.

OBS

«Chalet de nécessité» est un euphémisme humoristique et pudique.

OBS

toilette sèche et fosse d'aisances : termes en usage à Parcs Canada.

OBS

latrines : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aparatos sanitarios
  • Organización del buque (Militar)
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Record 3 2006-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Fixtures
DEF

A latrine where the sullage falls into a bucket which can be removed for disposal of the sullage.

CONT

Accommodation was very crowded and many households had less than one square metre per person in their rooms. The majority of households shared a bathroom and toilet. Bathrooms had a soakaway for wastewater disposal. About 88% of toilets had a bucket-latrine and about 12% had a pit latrine. The number of latrines was inadequate and open defecation was common. About half the residents did not use a kitchen but cooked in corridors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils sanitaires
DEF

Baquet servant au transport des matières fécales, qui supplée à l'absence de fosse d'aisances.

OBS

tinette : Par métonymie, généralement au pluriel. Lieux d'aisances.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aparatos sanitarios
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