Editing Commode (section)

==Toilet==
[[File:Portable_commode_chair_(Pakistan)_(5601381776).jpg|thumb|left|upright|A commode chair from [[Pakistan]]]]
[[File:Toilet and commode collection (8634423921).jpg|thumb|Museum collection of toilets, bed pans, hip baths, etc. The modern toilet commode is on the right.]]
[[File:Commode, Europe, 1831-1900 Wellcome L0057869.jpg|thumb|19th century heavy wooden toilet commode]]

In [[British English]], "commode" is the standard term for a [[commode chair]], often on wheels, enclosing a [[chamber pot]]—as used in hospitals and the homes of disabled persons.<ref name="dictionary.cambridge.org"/> (The historic equivalent is the [[close stool]], hence the coveted and prestigious position [[Groom of the Stool]] for a courtier close to the monarch.) This piece of furniture is termed in French a '''chaise percée''' ("pierced chair"); similar items were made specifically as moveable [[bidet]]s for washing.

In the United States, a "commode" is a colloquial synonym for a [[flush toilet]]<ref name=":0"/> particularly in the [[Southern United States|American South]].{{Clear|left}}