单词 | table decker |
释义 | > as lemmastable decker table decker n. now chiefly historical an attendant who sets or lays the table for a meal, esp. in a royal household; cf. table-coverer n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > [noun] > one who table-coverer1723 table decker1728 1728 State Court Great Brit. 11 Table-Deckers. John Dickenson, to the Lords of the Bedchamber. 1843 T. B. Macaulay Madame D'Arblay in Eclectic Mag. Apr. 464/1 The whole Palace from Gold Stick in Waiting down to the Table-Deckers. 1897 Private Life of Queen xxvii. 231 The Table Deckers whose business it is to arrange Her Majesty's board. 2006 G. Lane Daily Life in Mongol Empire iv. 61 A royal throne approached by three flights of stairs; one flight for the Qa'an, one for his ladies, and one for his cupbearers and table deckers. < as lemmas |
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