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

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