| 单词 | livery cupboard |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslivery cupboard livery cupboard n. now historical a free-standing cupboard in which food and drink may be stored, esp. for serving out as livery or allowances. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > sideboard > [noun] > other sideboards water board1474 livery cupboard1571 cellaret1786 server1908 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > cupboard or cabinet > [noun] > other cupboards or cabinets Flanders chest1400 warestall1508 livery cupboard1571 boy1656 by-closet1696 corner-cupboard1711 India cabinet1721 pot-cupboard1789 housemaid's cupboard1843 monocleid1885 vargueño1911 console1925 cocktail cabinet1928 storage unit1951 1571 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 267 A carpet for the lyvery cubberd. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 184 The livery cupbords of gold inlaid with rich pretious stones. 1697 tr. L. D. Le Comte Mem. Journey China i. vi. 176 A Livery Cupboard born by the Officers of the Palace. 1831 W. Scott Kenilworth (rev. ed.) xv, in Waverley Novels XXIII. 226 The livery cupboards were loaded with plate of the richest description. 1910 Encycl. Brit. VII. 634/2 The livery cupboard..was often used in churches to contain the loaves of bread doled out to poor persons. 2003 Oxoniensia 67 90 Other identities of ‘cupboard’ are known at this time, but were not specified in these inventories, such as the livery cupboard, with the space between the upper shelves enclosed with doors for the storage of food or drink. < as lemmas |
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