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

He would make a splendid charger for the adjutant of a Yeomanry corps, and out of training might be put in the harness of a bathing-machine.

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Oh, yes, that will be splendid, Blanchidine, And then we can go and have a dip in a bathing-machine!

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The lovely, lonely bays on the blue Solent, innocent of lodging-house or bathing-machine, succeeded each other from Yarmouth to the Needles.

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He then led them to a bathing-machine; in which the Admiral was civilly, though with great perplexity, labouring to hold discourse with the Bishop.

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To find your bathing-machine if you've forgotten the number.

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