† night-chairn.

Forms: see night n. and chair n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: night n., chair n.¹

Etymology: < night n. + chair n.¹

Obsolete.

A commode for use at night.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > close-stool or commode

privy stool1377

night-chair1404

close-stool1410

stool1410

chamber stool1567

night table1730

night-stool1781

commode1802

Sir John1808

chamber closet1842

chaise percée1939

thunder-box1939

1404–5 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 398 5 nyght chares.

1763 C. Johnstone Reverie (new ed.) II. 259 He unluckily cast his eye on the night-chair..and never considering what it was, brought it out.

1825 J. M. Good Study Med. (ed. 2) II. 549 Four..patients, of whom one had used the same night-chair.

1866 Sci. Amer. 15 4 Aug. 84/2 In the same box, and under the blacking case, may also be placed a dressing case and a night chair of suitable construction.

1888 P. H. Pye-Smith Fagge's Princ. & Pract. Med. (ed. 2) I. 189 The same night-chairs were used by both sets of patients.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	night-chair
释义	† night-chairn. Forms: see night n. and chair n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: night n., chair n.¹ Etymology: < night n. + chair n.¹ Obsolete. A commode for use at night. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > close-stool or commode privy stool1377 night-chair1404 close-stool1410 stool1410 chamber stool1567 night table1730 night-stool1781 commode1802 Sir John1808 chamber closet1842 chaise percée1939 thunder-box1939 1404–5 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 398 5 nyght chares. 1763 C. Johnstone Reverie (new ed.) II. 259 He unluckily cast his eye on the night-chair..and never considering what it was, brought it out. 1825 J. M. Good Study Med. (ed. 2) II. 549 Four..patients, of whom one had used the same night-chair. 1866 Sci. Amer. 15 4 Aug. 84/2 In the same box, and under the blacking case, may also be placed a dressing case and a night chair of suitable construction. 1888 P. H. Pye-Smith Fagge's Princ. & Pract. Med. (ed. 2) I. 189 The same night-chairs were used by both sets of patients. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1404
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