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

I had to empty the queen’s close stool, which before had been Cristiana’s task.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

I thank you, sir, I shall be bold, I warrant you, have you a close stool there?

From Every Man in His Humour by Jonson, Ben

Now enter his taxing and deglubing face, a squeezing look like that of Vespasianus, as if he were bleeding over a close stool.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various

How is it that the man becomes all at once wise, when Cæsar has made him superintendent of the close stool?

From A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion by Epictetus

A waterspout so ingeniously contrived that, turned to the right it sends a small stream into a copper basin, and to the left into a bottomless close stool at some distance.

From It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Reade, Charles