douche bath

1 definition found

douche bath - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bath \Bath\ (b[.a]th; 61), n.; pl. Baths (b[.a][th]z). [AS.
     b[ae][eth]; akin to OS. & Icel. ba[eth], Sw., Dan., D., & G.
     bad, and perh. to G. b[aum]hen to foment.]
     1. The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for
        purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water,
        vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a
        medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Water or other liquid for bathing.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash
        their bodies in water.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. A building containing an apartment or a series of
        apartments arranged for bathing.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing
              extent and magnificence.              --Gwilt.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Chem.) A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air,
        through which heat is applied to a body.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. (Photog.) A solution in which plates or prints are
        immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Bath is used adjectively or in combination, in an
           obvious sense of or for baths or bathing; as, bathroom,
           bath tub, bath keeper.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Douche bath. See Douche.
  
     Order of the Bath, a high order of British knighthood,
        composed of three classes, viz., knights grand cross,
        knights commanders, and knights companions, abbreviated
        thus: G. C. B., K. C. B., K. B.
  
     Russian bath, a kind of vapor bath which consists in a
        prolonged exposure of the body to the influence of the
        steam of water, followed by washings and shampooings.
  
     Turkish bath, a kind of bath in which a profuse
        perspiration is produced by hot air, after which the body
        is washed and shampooed.
  
     Bath house, a house used for the purpose of bathing; --
        also a small house, near a bathing place, where a bather
        undresses and dresses.
        [1913 Webster]