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close-stools

close-stools is the plural of close-stool.

Meaning of close-stool

Noun

close-stool (plural close-stools)

  1. (historical) A chamber pot enclosed in a stool or box; a commode.
    • other Princes, […] to dispatch their weightiest affaires make often their close stoole, their regall Throne or Councel-chamber, Folio Society. 2006, p.17

Questions about close-stools

What is close-stools the plural of?
Close-stools is the plural of close-stool.

Words near close-stools in the dictionary

  1. close-reefs
  2. close-run
  3. close-serried
  4. close-set
  5. close-stool
  6. close-stools
  7. close-tiled
  8. close-toed
  9. close-tongued
  10. close-up
  11. close-up lens

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