lavabo

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Room 39, Mademoiselle, has always been the lavabo.

From Time Magazine Archive

It has still rich vestments, fine woodwork, and a gay and elaborate lavabo by one of the della Robbias, with its wealth of ornament and colour and its charming Madonna and Child with angels.

From A Wanderer in Florence by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)

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

In the sacristy are a Venetian lavabo, some embroideries, and a fine fifteenth-century processional cross.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

The half-dozen guests and frequenters filled for a moment the little hall, some waiting to wash their hands at the primitive lavabo by the foot of the stairs.

From The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol by Ball, Alec