Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CLOS'ET, n. [s as z.]

1. A small room or apartment for retirement; any room for privacy. When thou prayest, enter into thy closet. – Matth. vi.
2. An apartment for curiosities or valuable things. – Dryden.
3. A small close apartment or recess in the side of a room for repositing utensils and furniture.