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close stoole

close stoole is the obsolete 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 stoole

pluralclose stooles

Origin of close stoole

From close (“enclosed”) + stoole (“stool”).

Questions about close stoole

What is close stoole the obsolete form of?
Close stoole is the obsolete form of close-stool.

Words near close stoole in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: close stoole (page history and authors); close-stool (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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