washstand
noun
- piece of furniture consisting of a small table or cabinet made for holding a wash basin and water pitcher
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: From wash + stand.
- A table containing a basin and a pitcher of water for washing.
“The less quality the more saleable they were. An abhorrent-looking stained oak wash-stand with a marble top and inset tiles, or a sideboard with bevelled mirrors in the back, or an enamelled wardrobe with stamped wood panels were much preferred to comparatively innocuous examples of the same articles in plain wood.”
- In a stable or garage, a place in the floor prepared so that carriages or automobiles may be washed there and the water run off.
“Washstand in an Electric Garage. […] In a few garages arrangements are made for washing cars in any position on the storage floor, so that it is not necessary to move them on to and off the washrack.”