stool of easement
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From easement in its former euphemistic use to reference the easing of one's bowels.[1]
Noun[edit]
stool of easement (plural stools of easement)
- (euphemistic, obsolete) A stool upon which to ease one's bowels: a commode, a chamber pot.
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References[edit]
- ^ "easement, n." in the Oxford English Dictionary (1891), Oxford: Oxford University Press.