bidet
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Noun (1)
- a basin for washing genitals and anal areaType of basin
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Bi·det′ (…), noun
Origin: F. bidet, perh. fr. Celtic; cr. Gael. bideach very little, diminutive, bidein a diminutive animal, W. bidan a weakly or sorry wretch.
1. A small horse formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage. Ben Jonson
2. A kind of bath tub for sitting baths; a sitz bath.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54