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bathing-machine

[ bey-thing-muh-sheen ]

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.


bathing machine

/ 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bathing-machine1

First recorded in 1765–75
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Example Sentences

Barrett eventually lured Maitland into deep water, long past the bathing machine of adieu forevermore, as he called it.

She could just discern the outline of a little house, not unlike a bathing-machine without wheels.

There is some question as to what the term “bathing machine” describes.

Tripper—none too clean in appearance—charters bathing machine.

People wait half the morning for a bathing-machine and then look rather disappointed when they get it.

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