2. Noun. (historical) A lavatory, especially in a castle and built into the outer wall, with vent directly over the moat or midden. ¹
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Definition of Garderobe
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Garderobe
Literary usage of Garderobe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Architectural Description of Kirkstall Abbey by William Henry St. John Hope, John Bilson (1907)
"The middle doorway evidently communicated with the staircase outside it, and so
with the added room west of it ; it also led to a garderobe east of the ..."
2. Collectanea Archaeologica: Communications Made to the British Archaeological by British Archaeological Association (1871)
"The garderobe (R) is fifty feet by eighteen feet six inches. On the east side a
two- light window, with a quatrefoil in the head, has lately been cleared of ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1864)
"The large pit under this garderobe, forming in fact the ground-floor of this tower,
... Those who are acquainted with the garderobe of New College, Oxford, ..."
4. Architectural Description of Kirkstall Abbey by William Henry St. John Hope, John Bilson (1907)
"The middle doorway evidently communicated with the staircase outside it, and so
with the added room west of it ; it also led to a garderobe east of the ..."
5. Collectanea Archaeologica: Communications Made to the British Archaeological by British Archaeological Association (1871)
"The garderobe (R) is fifty feet by eighteen feet six inches. On the east side a
two- light window, with a quatrefoil in the head, has lately been cleared of ..."
6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1864)
"The large pit under this garderobe, forming in fact the ground-floor of this tower,
... Those who are acquainted with the garderobe of New College, Oxford, ..."
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