Clos"et (?), n. [OF. closet little inclosure, dim. of clos. See Close an inclosure.]
1.
A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy.
A chair-lumbered closet, just twelve feet by nine.
Goldsmith.
When thou prayest, enter into thy closet.
Matt. vi. 6.
2.
A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room, for household utensils, clothing, etc.
Dryden.
Closet sin, sin commited in privacy.
Bp. Hall.
© Webster 1913.
Clos"et, v. t. [imp. & p. pr. & vb. n. Closeting.]
1.
To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal.
[R.]
Bedlam's closeted and handcuffed charge.
Cowper.
2.
To make into a closet for a secret interview.
He was to call a new legislature, to closet its members.
Bancroft.
He had been closeted with De Quadra.
Froude.
© Webster 1913.