close-stool

[ klohz-stool, klohs- ]

/ ˈkloʊzˌstul, ˈkloʊs- /

a stool having a seat with a hole, beneath which a chamber pot is placed.

Also called necessary stool.

Origin of close-stool

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425

Thou art private with the duke; thou belongest to his close-stool.

The Works of John Marston |John Marston
If you allow the occasional use of a close-stool, let it be locked up in the garret that they may not abuse it.

The Academy Keeper |Anonymous
For in Spanish, services is a polite word for a close-stool.

Pablo de Segovia, the Spanish Sharper |Francisco de Quevedo
She, that was the cleanliest creature in the world, never shrank now if you set a close-stool under her nose.

The History of John Bull |John Arbuthnot

For that reason they told us she never visited a close-stool but by proxy.

Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. |Francois Rabelais

close-stool

/ (ˈkləʊsˌstuːl) /

a wooden stool containing a covered chamber pot