/kat"hows'/ , n. , pl. cathouses /-how'ziz/ . Slang.
brothel; whorehouse.
[ 1595-1605, for earlier sense of siege tower; 1930-35 for current sense; CAT 1 (in obs. sense of harlot) + HOUSE ]
/kat"hows'/ , n. , pl. cathouses /-how'ziz/ . Slang.
brothel; whorehouse.
[ 1595-1605, for earlier sense of siege tower; 1930-35 for current sense; CAT 1 (in obs. sense of harlot) + HOUSE ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012