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bathing-machine

[ bey-th ing-muh-sheen ]
/ ˈbeɪ ðɪŋ məˌʃin /

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.

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Nearby words

  1. bathing cap,
  2. bathing costume,
  3. bathing machine,
  4. bathing suit,
  5. bathing trunk nevus,
  6. bathmat,
  7. bathmotropic,
  8. batho-,
  9. bathochromic,
  10. batholith

Origin of bathing-machine

First recorded in 1765–75
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British Dictionary definitions for bathing machine

bathing machine

/ (ˈbeɪðɪŋ) /

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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