closet of ease

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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”).

Noun

closet of ease (plural closets of ease)

  1. (euphemistic, obsolete) A room used to ease one's bowels: a lavatory.
    • 1662, B. Gerbier, A Brief Description of the Principles of Building, page 27:
      A Closet of ease.

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References

  • Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "closet, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1891.
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