douche

Definition

A jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; in particular, such a jet directed at the vagina for irrigation.

Etymology

Borrowed from French douche (“shower”), from Italian doccia (“shower”).

Example Sentences

• "Massage, or kneading of the whole body, is carried out in this bath after which a steam douche or a warm spray is turned upon the affected parts, according to the nature of the case."
• "1898 Selma Lagerlöf (trans. Pauline Bancroft Flach), The Story of Gösta Berling, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, Part II, Chapter I, p. 249 https://archive.org/details/storygstaberlin02lagegoog Earth, the great mother, begins to live. Romping like a child she rises from her bath in the spring floods, from her douche in the spring rain."
• "In the bathroom, they immersed him in a tub of warm water, and then pulled him out and put him under a cold douche."