commode

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from French commode (literally “convenient”). Doublet of comodo.

1. A low chest of drawers on short legs.
2. A stand for a washbowl and jug.
3. A chair containing a chamber pot.

   “Changing bandages and emptying the commode doesn’t exactly create a sexy environment, but we never talk about doctors’ appointments or heart problems when we’re in our room – we preserve that little bit of space for ourselves.”

4. A toilet.
5. A kind of woman's headdress, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height.

   “Then at the Play-Houſe ye ogle the Boxes, and dop and bovv to thoſe you do not knovv, as vvell as thoſe you do. […] You nuzzle your Noſes into their Hoods and Commodes, […]”

   “Now under high Commodes with Looks Erect, Bare-fac’d devours in gawdy Colours deck.”