close stoole

English

Etymology

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

Noun

close stoole (plural close stooles)

1. Obsolete form of close-stool.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
     , Folio Society, 2006, p.17:

     other Princes, […] to dispatch their weightiest affaires make often their close stoole, their regall Throne or Councel-chamber