Close-stool

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A chamber pot enclosed in a stool or box; a commode. historical

    "other Princes, […] to dispatch their weightiest affaires make often their close stoole, their regall Throne or Councel-chamber"

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thunderbox

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"other Princes, […] to dispatch their weightiest affaires make often their close stoole, their regall Throne or Councel-chamber"

Etymology

From Middle English close stol, equivalent to close (“enclosed”, adjective) + stool.

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