Definition of close-stool in English:

close-stool

noun

historical

单词	close-stool
释义	Definition of close-stool in English: close-stool noun historical A covered chamber pot enclosed in a wooden stool. Example sentencesExamples So they commissioned ornate, decorative close-stools made out of the finest materials, built by the finest craftsmen. He was thinking of King Henry VIII's black velvet close-stool studded with 2,000 gold nails. In order to make sure of this, the law requires that chamber pots and close-stools be made of gold or silver, and that these metals should be used for nothing else other than jewelry for slaves, thus decreasing its appeal. People who have diarrhoea will often go to the close-stool. When my great-grandfather wished to read to his family, he reversed the lid of the close-stool upon his knees, and passed the leaves from one side to the other, which were held down on each by the packthread.
随便看	on the outside on the outside looking in on the outside looking in on the part of on the part of one on the part of (or on my, their, etc., part) on the part of (or on my, their, etc., part) on the phone on the phone on the pig's back on the pig's back on the plus side on the plus side on the point of on the point of death on the port (or starboard) tack on the port (or starboard) tack on the port tack on the prod on the prod on the prowl on the prowl on the q.t. on the qt on the q.t.