court cupboard

noun English Furniture.

a sideboard of the 16th and 17th centuries, having three open tiers, the middle of which sometimes has a small closed cabinet with oblique sides.

Compare press cupboard.

Origin of court cupboard

First recorded in 1585–95

Words nearby court cupboard

court, court-bouillon, court card, court Christian, court circular, court cupboard, court dance, court dress, Courtelle, courteous, courtesan

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Example sentences from the Web for court cupboard

Often the lower part contained receptacles as in the characteristic English court-cupboard.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
These little livery cupboards usually stood on another, from which they were detached, and which was the "court-cupboard."
An Old English Home|S. Baring-Gould
Away with the joint-stools, remove the court-cupboard, look to the plate.
Shakespeare's Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet|William Shakespeare

British Dictionary definitions for court cupboard

court cupboard

noun

a wooden stand with two or three tiers, used in the 16th and 17th centuries to display pewter, silver, etc

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单词	court cupboard
释义	court cupboard noun English Furniture. a sideboard of the 16th and 17th centuries, having three open tiers, the middle of which sometimes has a small closed cabinet with oblique sides. Compare press cupboard. Origin of court cupboard First recorded in 1585–95 Words nearby court cupboard court, court-bouillon, court card, court Christian, court circular, court cupboard, court dance, court dress, Courtelle, courteous, courtesan Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for court cupboard Often the lower part contained receptacles as in the characteristic English court-cupboard. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3\|Various These little livery cupboards usually stood on another, from which they were detached, and which was the "court-cupboard." An Old English Home\|S. Baring-Gould Away with the joint-stools, remove the court-cupboard, look to the plate. Shakespeare's Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet\|William Shakespeare British Dictionary definitions for court cupboard court cupboard noun a wooden stand with two or three tiers, used in the 16th and 17th centuries to display pewter, silver, etc Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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