A room or chamber that comes before or leads into a bathhouse or bathing facility.
From Latin 'ante-' (before) + 'bath' (from Old English 'bæth'), describing an entrance or preparatory space for bathing.
Roman bathhouses had elaborate antebaths where guests would undress and oil their bodies before entering the hot waters — they were as important to the bathing experience as the pools themselves.
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