lavabo
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Room 39, Mademoiselle, has always been the lavabo.
From Time Magazine Archive
Also a pretty, early Renaissance lavabo in Istrian stone.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)
And the "lavabo," as it is here called, a spacious room with an ostentatiously noisy rush of water which may be heard afar and awakens one at night.
From Impressions and Comments by Ellis, Havelock
An aumbry, lavabo, and piscina are all worthy of study.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire by Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph)
We had six massive silver candlesticks on the altar, besides those at the sides for the Elevation; the cruets were of silver also, as were the basin for the lavabo, the bell, and the thurible.
From The Condition of Catholics Under James I. by Gerard, John
