The lowly "head" was initially a waste area on deck at the front of a vessel for disposing of waste over the side; therefore the term "going to the. "Head"of the ship.


Refuse refuge

Vacu-flush or pumped
A closet or exposed
A bucket or a throne
A refuge to the indisposed





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ken d williams The PoetBay support member heart!
And toilets on board ships - at least Royal Navy sips. Are called The Heads. In Elizabethan times English. To pay a complement on a good meal. was to say: '' what a mess you have served up. Today though not of course said. BUT , the word mess , can be found on board ship I E , officers mess. And the same wit other millotory , bases.
ken
2016-08-06