close stoole

English

Etymology

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

Noun

close stoole (plural close stooles)

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

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