单词 | closet of ease |
释义 | > as lemmascloset of ease closet of ease n. now historical a toilet, a privy; = sense A. 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] gongOE privy?c1225 room-housec1275 chamber foreignc1300 wardrobea1325 privy chamberc1325 foreignc1390 siegec1400 stool1410 jakes1432 house of easementa1438 kocayc1440 siege-hole1440 siege-house1440 privy house1463 withdraught1493 draught1530 shield1535 bench-hole1542 common house1542 stool1542 jakes house1547 boggard1552 house of office?1560 purging place1577 little house1579 issue1588 Ajax1596 draught-house1597 private1600 necessary house1612 vault1617 longhouse1622 latrine1623 necessary1633 commonsa1641 gingerbread officea1643 boghouse1644 cloaca1645 passage-house1646 retreat1653 shithouse1659 closet of ease1662 garderobe1680 backside1704 office1727 bog?1731 house of ease1734 cuz-john1735 easing-chair1771 backhouse1800 outhouse1819 netty1825 petty1848 seat of ease1850 closet1869 bathroom1883 crapper1927 lat1927 shouse1941 biffy1942 shitholec1947 toot1965 shitter1967 woodshed1974 1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 27 To make a Ladies Closet on the corner of a Wall where a Butteryses stood, and which was taken away for the Closet, intended only at first for a Closet of ease. 1804 E. King Munimenta Antiqua III. iii. i. 63 A small closet of ease..formed in one of the buttresses; having a narrow winding drain in the wall, that emptied itself through one of the external loops. 1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. v. 220 The groom fared forth from the hall and entering the closet of ease sat down on the stool. 1969 A. Davidson Phoenix & Mirror vii. 79 [He] suddenly became aware of that necessitous summons to which even kings are subject, and left the room to find a closet of ease. 2006 J. Westin Lady Katherine's Wild Ride xxvii. 300 Alain was there, ushering them about backstage to the tiring rooms, the wardrobe, the closet of ease, the stairs to the upper walkway. < as lemmas |
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