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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
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. ..."