close stoole

English

Etymology

close (“enclosed”) +‎ stoole (“stool”)

Noun

close stoole (plural close stooles)

Obsolete form of close-stool.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
  , Folio Society, 2006, p.17:
  other Princes, […] to dispatch their weightiest affaires make often their close stoole, their regall Throne or Councel-chamber

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