During the Middle Ages, flush toilets and indoor plumbing did not exist. There were several ways in which people ‘did their business’. One of these, for example, was the garderobe, which means ‘to guard the robes’. This was due to the fact that people kept their clothes in them, as it was believed that the foul odor in these chambers repelled moths, which would otherwise eat the fabric. https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/medieval-sanitation-0010886
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