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noun
- a low, basinlike bathroom fixture, usually with spigots, used for bathing the genital and perineal areas.
- a small saddle horse.
noun
- a small low basin for washing the genitals and anal area
1620s, “small horse,” from French bidet (16c.), of unknown etymology. Originally in French “a small horse, a pony,” thus “a vessel on a low narrow stand, which can be bestridden for bathing purposes,” a sense attested in English from 1766.