Meanings
nounbathing machine (plural bathing machines)
plural bathing machines
- historicalAround the 19th century, a portable changing room that was rolled down a beach to the edge of the sea to allow people to paddle in the sea modestly.
Bathing-machines of the usual number and variety are in constant attendance, and on the South-parade is an establishment of hot salt-water baths, furnished with dressing-rooms and every requisite accommodation.
1847, “The Watering Places of England. No. VII.—Weymouth.”, in The Traveller’s Miscellany, and Magazine of Entertainment, page 8
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Afrikaans badkoets
- badkoetsportable changing room
Dutch badkoets
- badkoetsportable changing room
Finnish siirrettävä pukukoppi
- siirrettävä pukukoppiportable changing room
German Badekarre, Badekarren
- Badekarreportable changing room
- Badekarrenportable changing room
Swedish badvagn
- badvagnportable changing room
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APA
bathing machine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bathing%20machine
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“bathing machine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bathing%20machine. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bathing machine,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bathing%20machine.
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