longhouse

Etymology
From. Use for outhouses possibly via Whittington's Longhouse, a public toilet in medieval London, but first attested in translation of a similar French expression.

Noun

 * 1) A long communal housing of the Iroquois and some other American Indians, the Malaysians, the Indonesians, the Vikings, and many other peoples.
 * 2) * 1912, Hose & al., Pagan Tribes of Borneo, Vol. I, Ch. iv:
 * The Kenyah village frequently consists of a single long house.
 * 1)  An outhouse: an outbuilding used for urination and defecation.
 * 2)  In certain strains of far-right thought: the modern society, perceived as matriarchal, and therefore stifling non-conformity and masculine values.
 * 1) * 1912, Hose & al., Pagan Tribes of Borneo, Vol. I, Ch. iv:
 * The Kenyah village frequently consists of a single long house.
 * 1)  An outhouse: an outbuilding used for urination and defecation.
 * 2)  In certain strains of far-right thought: the modern society, perceived as matriarchal, and therefore stifling non-conformity and masculine values.
 * 1)  An outhouse: an outbuilding used for urination and defecation.
 * 2)  In certain strains of far-right thought: the modern society, perceived as matriarchal, and therefore stifling non-conformity and masculine values.
 * 1)  In certain strains of far-right thought: the modern society, perceived as matriarchal, and therefore stifling non-conformity and masculine values.
 * 1)  In certain strains of far-right thought: the modern society, perceived as matriarchal, and therefore stifling non-conformity and masculine values.
 * 1)  In certain strains of far-right thought: the modern society, perceived as matriarchal, and therefore stifling non-conformity and masculine values.

Translations

 * Czech: dlouhý dům
 * Finnish: pitkätalo
 * Iban: rumah panjai
 * Italian: casa lunga
 * Malay:
 * Malecite-Passamaquoddy: qanotuwan
 * Montana Salish: usšnéɫxʷ
 * Oneida: kanushésn̲e̲