单词 | court-cupboard |
释义 | court-cupboardn. A movable sideboard or cabinet used to display plate, etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > cupboard or cabinet > [noun] > for keeping or displaying valuables cabinetc1550 closet?1553 court-cupboard1599 court-table1629 cabinet-box1663 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. v. 6–7 Remoue the Courtcubbert, looke to the plate. View more context for this quotation 1606 G. Chapman Monsieur D'Oliue iii. i Heere shall stand my Court Cupbord, with furniture of Plate. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxiii. 86 Three Court-cupboards placed, upon the which was a great deal of very fine Pourcelain. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. vi. 120 A large portable court-cupboard..shewing the shelves within, decorated with a full display of plate and porcelain. 1912 C. Mackenzie Carnival xxxvi. 377 Oak chests-of-drawers and Court cupboards. 1961 R. Jeffries Evidence of Accused iv. 39 The main pieces were genuine Elizabethan... There was a small court-cupboard. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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