ˈnight-chair
[f. night n. + chair n.]
A close-stool or commode for use by night.
| 1404 Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 398, v nyght chares. 1763 C. Johnston Reverie II. 259 He unluckily cast his eye on the night-chair..and never considering what it was, brought it out. 1825 Good Study Med. (ed. 2) II. 549 Four..patients, of whom one had used the same night-chair. 1888 Fagge & Pye-Smith Princ. & Pract. Med. (ed. 2) I. 189 The same night-chairs were used by both sets of patients. |