com·mode 
(kə-mōd)
(kə-mōd)n.
1. A low cabinet or chest of drawers, often elaborately decorated and usually standing on legs or short feet.
2.
a. A movable stand or cupboard containing a washbowl.
b. A chair enclosing a chamber pot.
c. A toilet.
3. A woman's ornate headdress, fashionable around 1700.
[French, from commode, convenient, from Latin commodus; see COMMODIOUS.]
commode1772 French commode with painted scenes on Sèvres porcelain by Martin Carlin (1730-1785)