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单词 servery
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serveryn.

Brit. /ˈsəːv(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈsərvəri/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: serve v.1, -ery suffix.
Etymology: < serve v.1 + -ery suffix, after pantry n.The following earlier quot. appears to show a typographical error for this word (sewery or a corresponding post-classical Latin form are not found in A. Nequam's early 13th-cent. treatise De Utensilibus):1851 T. H. Turner Some Acct. Domest. Archit. I. i. 3 A valuable writer, Alexander Necham, or Nequam,..in describing the various parts of a house, enumerates the hall, the private, or bed-chamber, the kitchen, the larder, the sewery, and the cellar.
rare in North American usage.
1. A room or area (within a larger space) from which food is served. Cf. serving room n.
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servery1865
serve-over1951
1865 R. Kerr Gentleman's House (ed. 2) i. iv. 18 Necham's account of a good Manor-house of his day gives it..a Sewery (servery), or Buttery and Pantry combined, for the service of wine and ale, bread, and table-furnishings.
1871 Architect 16 Sept. 142/2 Between this saloon and the grand buffet are the general staircase of the building, the manager's room, the kitchen and servery, and service staircase.
1942 G. Mitchell Laurels are Poison vi. 54 Kitty returned..to get her own tea from the Servery.
1989 A. Aird 1990 Good Pub Guide 577 Beyond the old-fashioned central servery, is a snug and unpretentious heavily beamed buttery.
2015 Church Times 20 Nov. 23/3 The organ from the south aisle was relocated into the chancel, thus making space for a small servery and a disabled lavatory.
2. A serving hatch; (sometimes more generally) a point from which food is served.
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the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun] > utensils for serving > serving-hatch
buttery hatcha1566
slidec1608
kitchen hatch1734
serving hatch1879
pass-through1958
servery1960
1960 E. W. Hildick Jim Starling & Colonel ix. 75 They finally lined up in front of the servery.
2012 Sunday Mail (S. Austral.) (Nexis) 9 Dec. (Suppl.) 8 Integrate your indoor and outdoor spaces by placing the servery on an exterior wall of the kitchen.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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