Dictionary entry

Closet (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Clos″et, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Closetedp. pr. & vb. n.Closeting.] 1. To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal.

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.