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a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food. Also called almoner's cupboard.[1565-75]
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livery cupboard — noun : a free standing cupboard used for the storage of food and drink especially in the middle ages * * * a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food. Also called almoner s cupboard. [1565 75] * * * livery cupboard… … Useful english dictionary
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cupboard — /kub euhrd/, n. 1. a closet with shelves for dishes, cups, etc. 2. Chiefly Brit. any small closet or cabinet, as for clothes, food, or the like. [1275 1325; ME cuppebord. See CUP, BOARD] * * * ▪ furniture type of furniture that originated in the … Universalium
dole cupboard — noun Etymology: dole (I) : an ecclesiastical cupboard to contain bread or other supplies for the poor of the parish * * * a livery cupboard formerly used in churches for holding bread to be distributed to the poor. [1905 10] … Useful english dictionary
almoner's cupboard. — See livery cupboard. * * * … Universalium
dole cupboard — a livery cupboard formerly used in churches for holding bread to be distributed to the poor. [1905 10] * * * … Universalium
almoner's cupboard. — See livery cupboard … Useful english dictionary
panetière — ˌpanəˈtye(ə)r noun ( s) Etymology: French, from Middle French panetiere cupboard for keeping bread, from Old French, bread sack, irregular from pan, pain bread (from Latin panis) + iere (feminine of ier er) more at food : a … Useful english dictionary
panetière — /pan i tyair /; Fr. /pannneu tyerdd /, n., pl. panetières / tyairz /; Fr. / tyerdd /. Fr. Furniture. a small, decorative livery cupboard, made esp. in Provence in the 18th century. [ < F, OF, equiv. to panet(erie) bread room (see PANTRY) + iere,… … Universalium
