a bathroom or lavatory sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you wash your hands and face; "he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face"
Used in the 18th Century, washstands were developed to hold a water basin and pitcher for cleaning oneself. Usually a small table or cabinet holds the basin and other cleaning accessories. Washstands were often in the bedroom.
A stand of two or more legs which supports a slab top and a lavatory which is mounted to the slab.
Small table or cabinet holding a basin and the accessories for washing, developed during the 18th century.
A washstand is a table or stand containing conveniences for personal ablutions. In its 18th-century form it was called a basin, stand or basin frame, and is still sometimes described as a washhand stand. Its direct, but remote, ancestor was the monastic lavabo, ranges of basins of stone, lead or marble fed from a cistern.