stool of easement
English
Etymology
From easement in its former euphemistic use to reference the easing of one's bowels.[1]
Noun
stool of easement (plural stools of easement)
- (euphemistic, obsolete) A stool upon which to ease one's bowels: a commode, a chamber pot.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:chamber pot
Related terms
- do one's easement
- house of easement
References
- "easement, n." in the Oxford English Dictionary (1891), Oxford: Oxford University Press.