Toi"let (?), n. [F. toilette, dim. of toile cloth. See Toil a net.]
1.
A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room.
2.
A dressing table.
Pope.
3.
Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect.
[Written also
toilette.]
Toilet glass, a looking-glass for a toilet table or for a dressing room. -- Toilet service, Toilet set, earthenware, glass, and other utensils for a dressing room. -- Toilet table, a dressing table; a toilet. See def. 2 above. -- To snake one's toilet, to dress one's self; especially, to dress one's self carefully.
© Webster 1913.