commode

UK /kəˈməʊd/ US /kəˈməʊd/
noun 5

Definitions

noun

1

A low chest of drawers on short legs.

2

A stand for a washbowl and jug.

3

A chair containing a chamber pot.

Changing bandages and emptying the commode doesn’t exactly create a sexy environment, but we never talk about doctors’ appointments or heart problems when we’re in our room – we preserve that little bit of space for ourselves.

4

A toilet.

5

A kind of woman's headdress, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height.

Then at the Play-Houſe ye ogle the Boxes, and dop and bovv to thoſe you do not knovv, as vvell as thoſe you do. […] You nuzzle your Noſes into their Hoods and Commodes, […]

Now under high Commodes with Looks Erect, Bare-fac’d devours in gawdy Colours deck.

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