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close stool

close stool is the alternative form 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

Forms of close stool

pluralclose stools

Questions about close stool

What is close stool the alternative form of?
Close stool is the alternative form of close-stool.

Words near close stool in the dictionary

  1. close round
  2. close season
  3. close seasons
  4. close shave
  5. close shaves
  6. close stool
  7. close stoole
  8. close stooles
  9. close stools
  10. close the barn door after the horse has bolted
  11. close the book on

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