close-stool

American  

[klohz-stool, klohs-] / ˈkloʊzˌstul, ˈkloʊs- /

noun

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

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close-stool British  

/ ˈkləʊsˌstuːl /

noun

1. a wooden stool containing a covered chamber pot

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Etymology

Origin of close-stool

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425

Example Sentences

You will be scraped out of the painted cloth for this; your lion, that holds his poll-axe sitting on a close-stool, will be given to Ajax: he will be the ninth Worthy.

From Love's Labour's Lost by Shakespeare, William

She, that was the cleanliest creature in the world, never shrank now if you set a close-stool under her nose.

From History of John Bull by Arbuthnot, John

I have none of their arms anywhere but in this backside, near my close-stool.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

For that reason they told us she never visited a close-stool but by proxy.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

One day the king, being on his close-stool, showed Villon the arms of France, and said to him, Dost thou see what respect I have for thy French kings?

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 by Motteux, Peter Anthony