commode /kəˈməʊd/ noun5 •A low chest of drawers on short legs. •A chair containing a chamber pot. •(US, euphemistic) A toilet. •A stand for a washbowl and jug. •(historical) 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, […] — 1693 formscommodes