English

Noun

close stoole ‎(plural close stooles)

1. Obsolete form of close-stool.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, Folio Society, 2006, p.17:

     other Princes, […] to dispatch their weightiest affaires make often their close stoole, their regall Throne or Councel-chamber