netty /ˈnɛti/adjective 3noun 3forms 3 adjective3 •Netted: made of or employing a net.Ye ought for to keepe them close, till the day haue taken the gellie or netty rime, from the earth. — 1587 •Netlike. •(no longer used, rare) Neat, well-groomed, natty.How prettie, how fine and how nettie, Good huswife should yettie. — 1573 noun3 •(informal) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.Neddy, Netty, a certain place that will not bear a written explanation, but which is depicted to the very life in a tail-piece in the first edition of Bewick's ‘Land Birds’ (1797), p. 285. — 1825 •(informal) Any other place or fixture used for urination and defecation: a lavatory; a toilet.Netty, a privy or water-closet... A common name, amongst the working classes... In common use. In my recollection it was looked upon as a euphemism. — 1903 •(Australia, informal) Netball. formsnetties · nettier · nettiest
