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  bathing-machine

  noun

  a small bathhouse on wheels formerly used as a dressing room and in which bathers could also be transported from the beach to the water.
• bathing machine
  bathing machine

  noun

  a small hut, on wheels so that it could be pulled to the sea, used in the 18th and 19th centuries for bathers to change their clothes

bathing-machine

American  

[bey-thing-muh-sheen] / ˈbeɪ ðɪŋ məˌʃin /

noun

1. a small bathhouse on wheels formerly used as a dressing room and in which bathers could also be transported from the beach to the water.

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bathing machine British  

/ ˈbeɪðɪŋ /

noun

1. a small hut, on wheels so that it could be pulled to the sea, used in the 18th and 19th centuries for bathers to change their clothes

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Etymology

Origin of bathing-machine

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

It happened that one day he was left unusually long in a bathing-machine when the tide was making, accompanied by his two young brothers and little English nurse, without being drawn to land.

From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by Forster, John

To find your bathing-machine if you've forgotten the number.

From Mr. Punch at the Seaside by Various

A bathing-machine boy comes trotting his horse through the water, and, backing up by the rock on which the distressed lady stands, bids her get on.

From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 by Various

He then led them to a bathing-machine; in which the Admiral was civilly, though with great perplexity, labouring to hold discourse with the Bishop.

From The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny

I thought Nell might, in any case, be grateful to him for saving her when the bathing-machine horse ran away with her into the sea.

From The Chauffeur and the Chaperon by Anderson, Karl