单词 | spout bath |
释义 | > as lemmasspout bath spout bath n. a powerful cascade or falling stream of water used as a shower, esp. one of mineral water at a spa; (in later use also) a type of shower or showerhead that allows water to cascade in the manner of a waterfall. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > a bath > douche douche1739 spout bath1824 Scotch douche1839 1824 Torch Light & Public Advertiser (Hagers-Town, Maryland) 21 Sept. Mr Bull, a militia major of some celebrity, was so alarmed that he perspired as if he had just come out of the spout bath. 1833 Let. 7 Aug. in W. Burke Mineral Springs W. Virginia (1842) 82 On the 9th of July we reached the Hot Springs, and on the 10th he commenced with the baths, taking the Spout bath one day and the Sweat bath the next. 1850 J. Bell Treat. Baths xiii. 157 The douche, or spout bath..consists in the application of water..through a small canal or pipe, falling from some height, or projected with some force on the skin. 1929 C. C. Martindale Risen Sun 164 There are things in New Zealand that they call ‘spout-baths’. A solid shining stream thuds on to your back from a height, and you feel as strong as it does. 1977 N.Z. Herald 5 Jan. ii. 20/11 (advt.) Rotorua Boulevard Motel, New units, sleep 1–6, restaurant adj, TV, putting green, hot swimming pool, 6 private spa and spout baths. 1999 Cornell Hotel & Restaurant Admin. Q. Aug. 70 The Spout Bath is a mineral-water cascade that acts as a massage directed at any tight or sore muscles..that guests have been enjoying at The Homestead for over a century. < as lemmas |
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