close-stool

Definitions

A chamber pot enclosed in a stool or box; a commode.

historical

Examples

“other Princes, […] to dispatch their weightiest affaires make⟳ often their close⟳ stoole, their regall Throne or Councel-chamber”

“[…] be careful and diligent to all strangers, and see⟳ that they lack nothing in their Chambers, which your Mistress or Lady will allow⟳, and that your close⟳ stools and Chamber pots be duely emptied, and kept clean⟳ and sweet.”

“[…] being apprised of their ambush, I got home another way, and by the help⟳ of my landlord’s apprentice, emptied a close⟳ stool out of the garret window, which did great execution upon them […]”

“"No more midnight treks to the outhouse. No more close-stools or thundermugs a feature of even the most exalted houses in Armethalieh."”

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