close-stool

[ klohz-stool, klohs- ]

noun

1. a stool having a seat with a hole, beneath which a chamber pot is placed.

close-stool

/ ˈkləʊsˌstuːl /

noun

1. a wooden stool containing a covered chamber pot

Word History and Origins

Origin of close-stool¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425

Example Sentences

How is it that the man becomes all at once wise, when Cæsar has made him superintendent of the close stool?

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If you allow the occasional use of a close-stool, let it be locked up in the garret that they may not abuse it.

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The very lid of the old abominable close-stool is enough to breed a pestilence.

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The names Tribnia and Langdon an not mentioned, and the “close stool” and its signification do not occur.

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For in Spanish, services is a polite word for a close-stool.

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