A commode, commode with legs, or commode on legs's any of several pieces of furniture. The word commode comes from the French word for "convenient" or "suitable". Originally, in French furniture, a commode introduced about 1700 meant a low cabinet, or chest of drawers at the height of the dado rail (à hauteur d'appui). A commode, made by an ébéniste (cabinet-maker) and applied with gilt-bronze mounts, was a piece of veneered case furniture much wider than it was high, raised on… (More on Commode)