Definition of Closestool

1. n. 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.

Definition of Closestool

1. Noun. (alternative form of close-stool) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Closestool

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Closestool

closeness
closenesses
closening
closens
closeout
closeouts
closer
closer-knit
closereefed
closers
closes
closest
closest-knit
closest point of approach
closest points of approach
closestool (current term)
closestools
closet
closet(a)
closet auger
closet drama
closet queen
closetful
closetfuls
closeth
closeting
closetlike

Literary usage of Closestool

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it is with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1883)
"... where they went to the closestool, how many dishes in a mess, what sauce, which for the present fcr an historian to relate, "according to Lodovic. ..."

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