Netty
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈnɛti/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Netty is an adjective meaning Netted: made of or employing a net.
Meaning
Netted: made of or employing a net.
More Meanings
- Netlike.
- (Geordie) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- (Geordie) Any other place or fixture used for urination and defecation: a lavatory; a toilet.
- (obsolete, rare) Neat, well-groomed, natty.
Example Sentences
How prettie, how fine and how nettie, Good huswife should yettie.
Ye ought for to keepe them close, till the day haue taken the gellie or netty rime, from the earth.
A line of pit cottages... tiny back gardens with outside lavatories, ‘netties’, some of them emptied twice a week by the council.
Our toilet was an outside netty shared between two or three families, where you sat on a hole and hoped the cat wouldn't jump at your backside.
Word Forms
- nettier
- nettiest
- nettie
- netties
Synonyms for netty
Depending on context, synonyms include bathroom, toilet.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gent, natty, nait, neat, nifty, taut.
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