livery cupboard
noun
a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
Also called
almoner's cupboard.
Origin of livery cupboard
First recorded in 1565–75
Words nearby livery cupboard
liverwort,
liverwurst,
livery,
livery colors,
livery company,
livery cupboard,
livery stable,
liveryman,
lives,
lives of the poets, the,
livestock
Example sentences from the Web for livery cupboard
The livery-cupboard was used for food, and the word probably comes from the French livrer, to deliver.
Furnishing the Home of Good Taste |Lucy Abbot Throop