bathing-machine

[bey-th ing-muh-sheen]

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.

Origin of bathing-machine

First recorded in 1765–75

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British Dictionary definitions for 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

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