cloakroomn.

Brit.

/ˈkləʊkruːm/,

/ˈkləʊkrʊm/, U.S.

/ˈkloʊkˌrum/,

/ˈkloʊkˌrʊm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cloak n., room n.¹

Etymology: < cloak n. + room n.¹

1. A room for the temporary storage of coats, bags, etc., esp. in a large public building, as a theatre, school, railway station, etc., typically near the entrance; such a room containing or adjoining toilets, facilities for washing, etc.; (hence, euphemistic) a toilet for public use.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > cloakroom

cloakroom1823

shawl-room1838

locker room1870

check-room1900

cloaks1902

checking-room1910

1823 T. Moore Fables Holy Alliance 176 The Squire's and their Squiresses all..She in the cloak-room saw assembling.

1853 London Standard 11 July The prisoner had been in the habit of posting herself at the ladies' cloak-room of the British Museum, and demanding a payment of one penny from each person availing herself of the accommodation.

1863 Brit. Almanac 265 In large schools there should always be two good-sized cloak-rooms; one for boys, the other for girls.

1884 G.W.R. Time-tables July 108 There are Cloak Rooms at all the Principal Stations.

1912 Times 13 Mar. 8/5 One of them deposited a parcel in the cloak-room, and on obtaining a ticket of receipt lost no time in getting away.

1966 R. H. Rimmer Harrad Exper. (1967) 92 Locating my leopard coat under a heap of fur coats in the unmonitored cloak room.

1985 D. H. Childress Lost Cities of China, Central Asia & India xviii. 311 We were sleeping there in the station until morning, and they insisted that we store our luggage in the cloak room until morning, so that it wouldn't be stolen.

1999 R. Jay Seven Deadly Skills Managem. i. 16 Make sure the candidate gets a chance to visit the cloakroom if they want to.

2005 Cincinnati Jan. 197 You're met by an attendant who whisks coats away to a hidden cloakroom.

2. Chiefly British and Irish English. A small room in a private home, typically close to the front entrance, which may be used to store coats, hats, shoes, etc., and which may also contain a toilet and often a washbasin.Now frequently used euphemistically in advertising to denote any small room containing a toilet, regardless of whether there is also storage space.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > water-closet or lavatory

closet1496

water closet1736

water closet1747

throne room1787

W.C.1815

netty1825

convenience1841

Johnny1847

lavabo1852

restrooma1856

small room1858

cloakroom1865

lavatory1874

bathroom1883

toilet1886

can1900

place1902

lav1913

washroom1919

head1920

lavvy1922

dike1923

smallest room1930

John1931

khazi1932

loo1940

biffy1942

Wa1953

shitcan1954

commode1958

cludgie1961

1865 R. Kerr Gentleman's House (ed. 2) ii. Suppl. vi. 291 To form a Cloak-room, with Lavatory and Water-closet, at the Entrance, is an amendment that can be recommended for houses of all classes with infinite advantage.

1924 Times 2 June 26/3 (advt.) Private house to be let,..excellent bath room, kitchens (with servants' sitting room) and downstairs cloak room, and usual offices.

1943 Times 28 Aug. 10 (advt.) Charming modern detached property, with 5 bed rooms, bath room, 2 reception rooms downstairs cloak room, kitchen with boiler: attractive gardens.

1973 Country Life 14 June (Suppl.) 34/2 (advt.) New country property... ‘Granny Annexe’ of 3 rooms, kitchen and cloakroom.

1999 Irish Times (Nexis) 22 Apr. 55 There is an extra wide hallway with ornate cornicing and understairs storage that might convert to a downstairs cloakroom.

2007 S. Stancliffe Christian Aid Bk. Simple Feasts Introd. p. xii It gives them a chance to use the cloakroom.

3. U.S. Politics. A private room adjacent to a legislative chamber of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. where members of Congress and other authorized individuals can meet, work, or relax.Two cloakrooms lead off each chamber, one for each party. These rooms were originally for the storage of coats, etc. (cf. sense 1).

ΚΠ

1878 Independent (N.Y.) 7 Mar. 2/2 He counted thirty-five brandy bottles with empty tumblers in one cloak-room.

1908 Greene (Iowa) Recorder 13 May 2/2 The..Republicans and Democrats..rose almost as if by preconcertion, and filed off to their cloakrooms.

1977 R. Coover Public Burning 68 I let Bill Purtell, the acting pro tem, know I was around, then wandered back to the Republican Cloakroom.

2016 Washington Post (Nexis) 17 Jan. 4 There's definitely an elevated concern expressed in the cloakroom and members-only elevators..about the impact of a Sanders nomination on congressional candidates.

Compounds

cloakroom attendant n.

ΚΠ

1856 Morning Post 12 May 5/6 ‘Cloak-room’ attendants, who appear to live in constant enmity with frock-coats, and coloured cravats.

1961 Which? July 174/2 Most members always or usually tip cloakroom attendants.

2015 Guardian (Nexis) 5 Mar. It is mid-afternoon, and the place is just about to close, the cloakroom attendant explains.

cloakroom girl n.

ΚΠ

1904 Bull. Bureau Labor May 548/1 Adding-machine operators, bundle girls, cash girls, cloakroom girl, errand girls, helper in millinery department.

1950 Billboard 22 Apr. 25/3 A cloakroom girl smelled smoke at 11 p.m. and hand extinguishers were used to put out a tiny blaze in the flooring.

2011 G. Forster Breaking Ties that Bind iv. 82 I had previously worked as a cloakroom girl at La Belle Époque.

cloakroom man n.

ΚΠ

1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Sept. 9/1 Make a piteous appeal to the cloak-room man or to Smith's librarian.

1959 Times 10 Nov. 8/ (headline) Prison for railway cloakroom men.

2011 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent) (Nexis) 6 Aug. 38 A GI turned to our cloakroom man, who was quite a short person, and said ‘What a little runt you are!’

cloakroom system n.

ΚΠ

1887 Evening Tel. & Post (Dundee) 7 Apr. 2/2 Is there any more barbarous cloak-room system than that presided over by the snuffy ouvreuse?

1918 East & West 16 339 Japanese leave their clogs outside when entering a house. At theatres, &c., they are taken care of on the cloak-room system.

2014 Sunshine Coast (Queensland) Sunday (Nexis) 17 July 4 Alexandra Headland Surf Club has offered to establish a ‘cloakroom’ system for valuables.

cloakroom ticket n.

ΚΠ

1850 Times 26 Aug. 3/5 On my presenting, by mistake, my luggage for my fare ticket, I was informed that the ticket presented was a ‘cloak-room’ ticket.

1927 Irish Times 24 May 7/7 The trunk had been left at the station... A bootblack discovered the cloakroom ticket.

2011 L. Jones Introd. Business Law ii. vi. 190 He takes her bag and gives her a cloakroom ticket, which she stuffs into her pocket.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cloakroom
释义	cloakroomn. Brit. /ˈkləʊkruːm/, /ˈkləʊkrʊm/, U.S. /ˈkloʊkˌrum/, /ˈkloʊkˌrʊm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cloak n., room n.¹ Etymology: < cloak n. + room n.¹ 1. A room for the temporary storage of coats, bags, etc., esp. in a large public building, as a theatre, school, railway station, etc., typically near the entrance; such a room containing or adjoining toilets, facilities for washing, etc.; (hence, euphemistic) a toilet for public use. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > cloakroom cloakroom1823 shawl-room1838 locker room1870 check-room1900 cloaks1902 checking-room1910 1823 T. Moore Fables Holy Alliance 176 The Squire's and their Squiresses all..She in the cloak-room saw assembling. 1853 London Standard 11 July The prisoner had been in the habit of posting herself at the ladies' cloak-room of the British Museum, and demanding a payment of one penny from each person availing herself of the accommodation. 1863 Brit. Almanac 265 In large schools there should always be two good-sized cloak-rooms; one for boys, the other for girls. 1884 G.W.R. Time-tables July 108 There are Cloak Rooms at all the Principal Stations. 1912 Times 13 Mar. 8/5 One of them deposited a parcel in the cloak-room, and on obtaining a ticket of receipt lost no time in getting away. 1966 R. H. Rimmer Harrad Exper. (1967) 92 Locating my leopard coat under a heap of fur coats in the unmonitored cloak room. 1985 D. H. Childress Lost Cities of China, Central Asia & India xviii. 311 We were sleeping there in the station until morning, and they insisted that we store our luggage in the cloak room until morning, so that it wouldn't be stolen. 1999 R. Jay Seven Deadly Skills Managem. i. 16 Make sure the candidate gets a chance to visit the cloakroom if they want to. 2005 Cincinnati Jan. 197 You're met by an attendant who whisks coats away to a hidden cloakroom. 2. Chiefly British and Irish English. A small room in a private home, typically close to the front entrance, which may be used to store coats, hats, shoes, etc., and which may also contain a toilet and often a washbasin.Now frequently used euphemistically in advertising to denote any small room containing a toilet, regardless of whether there is also storage space. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > water-closet or lavatory closet1496 water closet1736 water closet1747 throne room1787 W.C.1815 netty1825 convenience1841 Johnny1847 lavabo1852 restrooma1856 small room1858 cloakroom1865 lavatory1874 bathroom1883 toilet1886 can1900 place1902 lav1913 washroom1919 head1920 lavvy1922 dike1923 smallest room1930 John1931 khazi1932 loo1940 biffy1942 Wa1953 shitcan1954 commode1958 cludgie1961 1865 R. Kerr Gentleman's House (ed. 2) ii. Suppl. vi. 291 To form a Cloak-room, with Lavatory and Water-closet, at the Entrance, is an amendment that can be recommended for houses of all classes with infinite advantage. 1924 Times 2 June 26/3 (advt.) Private house to be let,..excellent bath room, kitchens (with servants' sitting room) and downstairs cloak room, and usual offices. 1943 Times 28 Aug. 10 (advt.) Charming modern detached property, with 5 bed rooms, bath room, 2 reception rooms downstairs cloak room, kitchen with boiler: attractive gardens. 1973 Country Life 14 June (Suppl.) 34/2 (advt.) New country property... ‘Granny Annexe’ of 3 rooms, kitchen and cloakroom. 1999 Irish Times (Nexis) 22 Apr. 55 There is an extra wide hallway with ornate cornicing and understairs storage that might convert to a downstairs cloakroom. 2007 S. Stancliffe Christian Aid Bk. Simple Feasts Introd. p. xii It gives them a chance to use the cloakroom. 3. U.S. Politics. A private room adjacent to a legislative chamber of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. where members of Congress and other authorized individuals can meet, work, or relax.Two cloakrooms lead off each chamber, one for each party. These rooms were originally for the storage of coats, etc. (cf. sense 1). ΚΠ 1878 Independent (N.Y.) 7 Mar. 2/2 He counted thirty-five brandy bottles with empty tumblers in one cloak-room. 1908 Greene (Iowa) Recorder 13 May 2/2 The..Republicans and Democrats..rose almost as if by preconcertion, and filed off to their cloakrooms. 1977 R. Coover Public Burning 68 I let Bill Purtell, the acting pro tem, know I was around, then wandered back to the Republican Cloakroom. 2016 Washington Post (Nexis) 17 Jan. 4 There's definitely an elevated concern expressed in the cloakroom and members-only elevators..about the impact of a Sanders nomination on congressional candidates. Compounds cloakroom attendant n. ΚΠ 1856 Morning Post 12 May 5/6 ‘Cloak-room’ attendants, who appear to live in constant enmity with frock-coats, and coloured cravats. 1961 Which? July 174/2 Most members always or usually tip cloakroom attendants. 2015 Guardian (Nexis) 5 Mar. It is mid-afternoon, and the place is just about to close, the cloakroom attendant explains. cloakroom girl n. ΚΠ 1904 Bull. Bureau Labor May 548/1 Adding-machine operators, bundle girls, cash girls, cloakroom girl, errand girls, helper in millinery department. 1950 Billboard 22 Apr. 25/3 A cloakroom girl smelled smoke at 11 p.m. and hand extinguishers were used to put out a tiny blaze in the flooring. 2011 G. Forster Breaking Ties that Bind iv. 82 I had previously worked as a cloakroom girl at La Belle Époque. cloakroom man n. ΚΠ 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Sept. 9/1 Make a piteous appeal to the cloak-room man or to Smith's librarian. 1959 Times 10 Nov. 8/ (headline) Prison for railway cloakroom men. 2011 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent) (Nexis) 6 Aug. 38 A GI turned to our cloakroom man, who was quite a short person, and said ‘What a little runt you are!’ cloakroom system n. ΚΠ 1887 Evening Tel. & Post (Dundee) 7 Apr. 2/2 Is there any more barbarous cloak-room system than that presided over by the snuffy ouvreuse? 1918 East & West 16 339 Japanese leave their clogs outside when entering a house. At theatres, &c., they are taken care of on the cloak-room system. 2014 Sunshine Coast (Queensland) Sunday (Nexis) 17 July 4 Alexandra Headland Surf Club has offered to establish a ‘cloakroom’ system for valuables. cloakroom ticket n. ΚΠ 1850 Times 26 Aug. 3/5 On my presenting, by mistake, my luggage for my fare ticket, I was informed that the ticket presented was a ‘cloak-room’ ticket. 1927 Irish Times 24 May 7/7 The trunk had been left at the station... A bootblack discovered the cloakroom ticket. 2011 L. Jones Introd. Business Law ii. vi. 190 He takes her bag and gives her a cloakroom ticket, which she stuffs into her pocket. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1823
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