washstands

Noun

washstand (plural washstands)

1. A table containing a basin and a pitcher of water for washing.
   • The less quality the more saleable they were. An abhorrent-looking stained oak wash-stand with a marble top and inset tiles, or a sideboard with bevelled mirrors in the back, or an enamelled wardrobe with stamped wood panels were much preferred to comparatively innocuous examples of the same...1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 70

   Synonyms:

   commode

2. (dated) In a stable or garage, a place in the floor prepared so that carriages or automobiles may be washed there and the water run off.
   • Washstand in an Electric Garage. […] In a few garages arrangements are made for washing cars in any position on the storage floor, so that it is not necessary to move them on to and off the washrack.1916, Horseless Age: The Automobile Trade Magazine