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bathing machine

bathing machine noun: around the 19th century, a portable changing room that was rolled down a beach to the edge of the sea to allow people to paddle in the sea modestly.

Noun

bathing machine (plural bathing machines)

  1. (historical) Around the 19th century, a portable changing room that was rolled down a beach to the edge of the sea to allow people to paddle in the sea modestly.
    • Bathing-machines of the usual number and variety are in constant attendance, and on the South-parade is an establishment of hot salt-water baths, furnished with dressing-rooms and every requisite accommodation.1847, “The Watering Places of England. No. VII.—Weymouth.”, in The Traveller’s Miscellany, and Magazine of Entertainment, page 8

Forms of bathing machine

pluralbathing machines

Questions about bathing machine

What does bathing machine mean?
Bathing machine means around the 19th century, a portable changing room that was rolled down a beach to the edge of the sea to allow people to paddle in the sea modestly.
What part of speech is bathing machine?
Bathing machine is a noun.
What is the plural of bathing machine?
The plural of bathing machine is bathing machines.

Words near bathing machine in the dictionary

  1. bathing drawers
  2. bathing dress
  3. bathing house
  4. bathing hut
  5. bathing huts
  6. bathing machine
  7. bathing machines
  8. bathing suit
  9. bathing suits
  10. bathing trunks
  11. bathing tub

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