cloakroom
noun
- room for people to hang their cloaks or other outerwear when they enter a building
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkləʊkɹʊm/ / /ˈkləʊkɹuːm/
noun
Etymology: From cloak + room.
- A room intended for holding guests' cloaks and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater or night club.
- A room intended for holding luggage, as at an airport.
- A private lounge next to a legislative chamber.
- A lavatory, now particularly a small secondary lavatory or a men's room.
“Although there was a cloakroom on the ground floor, the Old Rectory had only one bathroom, a defect which necessitated embarrassed, low-voiced enquiries before anyone upset their carefully worked-out rota by taking an unexpected bath.”