Definition of Closestools

1. closestool [n] - See also: closestool

Lexicographical Neighbors of Closestools

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

Literary usage of Closestools

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

1. Utopia: And History of King Richard III by Thomas More (1834)
"... and closestools of gold and silver ; and that not only in their public halls, but in their private houses. Of the same metals they likewise make chains ..."

2. The Reign of Terror: A Collection of Authentic Narratives of the Horrors (1826)
"... served as closestools, having more courage than heard him at confession, and felt great consolation, that he was perfectly restored to himself, ..."

3. The Library of the Old English Prose Writers by Thomas Fuller (1834)
"... and closestools of gold and silver; and that not only in their public halls, but in their private houses. Of the same metals they likewise make chains ..."

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