单词 | livery table |
释义 | > as lemmaslivery table livery table n. now historical a table or other surface on which food and drink are placed for serving out; (hence) a side table. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > dining table > side table sideboarda1383 side table1397 by-table1550 livery table1577 by-board1637 sideboard table1679 1577 in F. G. Emmison Essex Wills (1994) (modernized text) IX. 29 To John my brass pot next the best,..2 forms, and two livery tables. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 297 To remoue the cupbourd of plate, & liuery table [L. mensam vel repositorium], whiles one of the guests is a drinking. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine v. xviii. 173 I conceive therefore the other nine [Tables of Shew Bread], onely as side-cupboards, or Livery tables ministeriall to that principall one. 1774 J. Carter Builder's Mag. 83 The principal Plan and Elevation of a design for a Company's Hall..LL livery tables. 1987 Winterthur Portfolio 22 Index 151 To the modern mind, livery tables and cupboard tables are difficult to imagine, since a table does not usually have a cupboard section. < as lemmas |
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