Meanings
nounclose stoole (plural close stooles)
plural close stooles
- obsoleteObsolete form of close-stool.
other Princes, […] to dispatch their weightiest affaires make often their close stoole, their regall Throne or Councel-chamber
, Folio Society, 2006, p.17
Origin
From close (“enclosed”) + stoole (“stool”).
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close stoole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/close%20stoole
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“close stoole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/close%20stoole. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “close stoole,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/close%20stoole.
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