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

Word History and Origins

Origin of bathing-machine¹

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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