Noah Webster
Closet
CLOSET, noun s as z.
1. A small room or apartment for retirement; any room for privacy.
When thou prayest, inter into thy closet Matthew 6:6.
2. An apartment for curiosities or valuable things.
3. A small close apartment or recess in the side of a room for repositing utensils and furniture.
CLOSET, verb transitive s as z. To shut up in a closet; to conceal; to take into a private apartment for consultation.