Closet of ease

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A room used to ease one's bowels: a lavatory. euphemistic, obsolete

    "A Closet of ease."

Etymology

From the former euphemism do one's ease (“ease one's bowels: defecate”) and to distinguish the sense from other uses of closet (“a small, private room and [obs.] a small, private outdoor space”).

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