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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

close-stool

If you allow the occasional use of a close-stool, let it be locked up in the garret that they may not abuse it.

From The Academy Keeper Or Variety of useful Directions Concerning the Management of an Academy, The Terms, Diet, Lodging, Recreation, Discipline, and Instruction of Young Gentlemen. With the Proper Methods of addressing Parents and Guardians of all Ranks and Conditions by Anonymous

For that reason they told us she never visited a close-stool but by proxy.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 by Peter Anthony Motteux

A paper from Fortune's close-stool to give to a nobleman!

From All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare

One day the king, being on his close-stool, showed Villon the arms of France, and said to him, Dost thou see what respect I have for thy French kings?

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 by Peter Anthony Motteux

An old sword-blade,   A garden spade,   A hoe, a rake, a ladder,   A wooden can,   A close-stool pan,   A clyster-pipe and bladder.

From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall

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