† warestalln.
Scottish. Obsolete.
A store cupboard.
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the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > place where anything is or may be stored > store-closet or -cupboard
cellc1230
warestall1508
warda1529
store-closet1825
store-cupboard1841
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
1508 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 111 Item, for lokkis and bandis to the gret wair stallis in the Kingis wardrob in Edinburgh, v s.
1530 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 39 Ane waistaw, a schryne, ane chyrater.
1533 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 451 Ane bukat, ane wavrscaw, ane skayne for the buitht.
1538 Aberd. Reg. (MS.) XVI. (Jam.) Ane fysche fat, a geill fat, a vairscall.
1561 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 336 Ane almary, ane vairsta, ane maill fatt.
1565 in D. Hay Fleming Reform. Scot. (1910) 610 Ane langsadill of aik, with ane greit wairstaw of aik.
1572 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 134 Airschip guidis..ane karr, ane muksled, ane varstay, ane almrie.
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