close-stool

[ klohz-stool, klohs- ]

noun

1. a stool having a seat with a hole, beneath which a chamber pot is placed.

close-stool

/ ˈkləʊsˌstuːl /

noun

1. a wooden stool containing a covered chamber pot

Word History and Origins

Origin of close-stool¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425

Example Sentences

For this reason, continued my father, ’tis worthy to recollect 262 how little alteration, in great men, the approaches of death have made.—Vespasian died in a jest upon his close-stool—Galba with a sentence—Septimus Severus in a dispatch—Tiberius in dissimulation, and Cæsar Augustus in a compliment.—I hope ’twas a sincere one—quoth my uncle Toby.

From Project Gutenberg

Incidentally—and this is of special interest to the physician—the use of dry earth or of dry ashes in the close-stool of the sick chamber effects not only an immediate and complete deodorization, but without doubt a complete disinfection as well.

From Project Gutenberg

It is important and even necessary, that each Subject of this Disease should have a Close-stool or Convenience apart to himself, as the Matter discharged is extremely infectious: and if they make Use of Bed-pans, they should be carried immediately out of the Chamber, the Air of which should be continually renewed, burning Vinegar frequently in it.

From Project Gutenberg

She went very frequently to the Close-stool, with scarcely any Effect; her Anguish, Heat, Thirst, and the Dryness of her Tongue were even terrifying: and her wretched State, the Effect of the strong hot Liquor she had taken, made me very apprehensive for her.

From Project Gutenberg

Clothes, 37, 354 Clothes Pegs—Buy my, 184 Cloth—Scotch or Russian, 126 Clothes Lines—Props, 184, 278 Close-stool—Buy a cover for, 66, 93 Clove Water—Buy any?,

From Project Gutenberg