hip bath

noun

a portable bath in which the bather sits

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Historical Examples

But the only kind of bath which an undergraduate can command is a hip-bath.
Zuleika Dobson
Max Beerbohm
A shower-bath, a hip-bath, or a sponging-bath he hath not seen, neither can he conceive.
Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853)
Various
The hip-bath may be medicated with three or four table-spoonfuls of alum, or with a quarter of a pound of common household soda.
The Physical Life of Woman:
Dr. George H Napheys
Sitz-bath, sitz′-bth, n. a hip-bath: a tub adapted for such.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)
Various
A hip-bath, with cold water, stood beside the bed, over which was a hanging bookcase.
The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
Israel Zangwill

hip bath

Examples from the Web for hip bath

Historical Examples

But the only kind of bath which an undergraduate can command is a hip-bath.

A shower-bath, a hip-bath, or a sponging-bath he hath not seen, neither can he conceive.

The hip-bath may be medicated with three or four table-spoonfuls of alum, or with a quarter of a pound of common household soda.

Sitz-bath, sitz′-bth, n. a hip-bath: a tub adapted for such.

A hip-bath, with cold water, stood beside the bed, over which was a hanging bookcase.