单词 | dresser window |
释义 | > as lemmasdresser window dresser window n. now historical a window or hatch through which food is served from the kitchen to the dining room, usually having a table fitted on either side. ΚΠ c1593 in J. Raine Descr. Anc. Monuments Church of Durham (1842) 69 Having their meat served out of the Dresser-windowe of the great Kitchen. 1869 R. Willis Archit. Hist. Monastery Christ Church Canterbury iv. 32 The great kitchen had two dresser windows into the Frater. 1903 Publ. Surtees Soc. 107 269 Meat could be served more quickly through two dresser-windows used together than through one. 2011 J. G. Clark Benedictines in Middle Ages ii. 76 They were assigned their own table and apparently were served from the kitchen—at the ‘dresser window’. < as lemmas |
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