court-cupboardn.
A movable sideboard or cabinet used to display plate, etc.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > cupboard or cabinet > [noun] > for keeping or displaying valuables
cabinetc1550
closet?1553
court-cupboard1599
court-table1629
cabinet-box1663
1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. v. 6–7 Remoue the Courtcubbert, looke to the plate. View more context for this quotation
1606 G. Chapman Monsieur D'Oliue iii. i Heere shall stand my Court Cupbord, with furniture of Plate.
1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxiii. 86 Three Court-cupboards placed, upon the which was a great deal of very fine Pourcelain.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. vi. 120 A large portable court-cupboard..shewing the shelves within, decorated with a full display of plate and porcelain.
1912 C. Mackenzie Carnival xxxvi. 377 Oak chests-of-drawers and Court cupboards.
1961 R. Jeffries Evidence of Accused iv. 39 The main pieces were genuine Elizabethan... There was a small court-cupboard.
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