retiring room

English

Noun

retiring room (plural retiring rooms)

1. A room set aside for seclusion, rest or quiet.
   • 1964 July, Mary Allen, “A Woman's View of the New Coaches”, in Modern Railways, page 9:

     But why cannot women—and mothers especially—have their own retiring room of the kind I remember some years ago finding such a pleasant surprise on a Kings Cross -Edinburgh train?

   • 2022 December 14, Robin Leleux, “A royal occasion as heritage projects honoured: Wolferton”, in RAIL, number 972, page 61:

     Wolferton was an important station on the Kings Lynn-Hunstanton line, which closed in 1969. As the station was convenient for the Sandringham estate, it was regularly patronised by royalty, and royal retiring rooms were provided.

References

• “retiring room”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.