Closets meaning : Any private area, (particularly) bowers in the open air. Any private or inner room, (particularly): A pew or side-chapel reserved for a monarch or other feudal lord. A private cabinet, (particularly): Any small room or side-room, (particularly): An ordinary similar to a bar but half as broad. A sewer. To shut away for private discussion. To put into a private place for a secret interview or interrogation. To shut up in, or as in, a closet for concealment or confinement.