seat of ease

English

Noun

seat of ease (plural seats of ease)

(euphemistic, obsolete) A toilet.
- 1850, J. Greenwood, The Sailor's Sea-book, page 143:
  Round-house at the Head. Conveniences or seats of ease for the officers.

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References

Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "ease, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1891.

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