gardyloo
(Scotland, obsolete) Used by people in medieval Scotland to warn passers-by of waste about to be thrown from a window into the street below. The term was still in use as late as the 1930s and 1940s, when many people had no indoor toilets.
gardyloo (plural gardyloos)
(Scotland, historical) A cry of "gardyloo".
An act of discarding waste or some other substance from a height. Also attributive and figurative.
(figurative) Caution, warning.
Source: Wiktionary
Gar`dy*loo", n. Etym: [F. gare l'eau beware of the water.]
Definition: An old cry in throwing water, slops, etc., from the windows in Edingburgh. Sir. W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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