Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A seat for the sick or infirm, comprising a tight box with a close-fitting lid to contain a chamber-vessel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cover.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun historical A
chamber pot enclosed in astool orbox ; acommode .
Etymologies
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close (“enclosed”) + stool
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January 3, 2009
Gammerstang commented on the word close-stool
(noun) - A chamber utensil enclosed in a stool or box.
--Sir James Murray's New English Dictionary, 1893
January 17, 2018