douches

Noun

douche (plural douches)

1. A jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; in particular, such a jet directed at the vagina for irrigation.
   • Massage, or kneading of the whole body, is carried out in this bath after which a steam douche or a warm spray is turned upon the affected parts, according to the nature of the case.1892, Robert Ottiwell Gifford-Bennet, Buxton and its Medicinal Waters, London: John Heywood
2. Something that produces the jet or current in the previous sense, such as a syringe.
3. (obsolete) A jet or spray of any liquid.
   • A douche of spray blinded my brother for a moment. When his eyes were clear of that he saw the monster had passed and was rushing landward.1895–1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Thunder-Child”, in “The War of the Worlds”, in Pearson’s, London: C[yril] Arthur Pearson, published 1897, page 77, column 1

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