bathing-machine
[ bey-th ing-muh-sheen ]
/ ˈbeɪ ðɪŋ məˌʃin /
noun
a small bathhouse on wheels formerly used as a dressing room and in which bathers could also be transported from the beach to the water.
Origin of bathing-machine
First recorded in 1765–75
Words nearby bathing-machine
bathing cap,
bathing costume,
bathing machine,
bathing suit,
bathing trunk nevus,
bathing-machine,
bathmotropic,
batho-,
bathochromic,
batholith,
bathometer
British Dictionary definitions for bathing machine
bathing machine
/ (ˈbeɪðɪŋ) /
noun
a small hut, on wheels so that it could be pulled to the sea, used in the 18th and 19th centuries for bathers to change their clothes