acatry

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noun

A room or place used to store provisions purchased for the king.

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Meanings

noun
  1. historicalA room or place used to store provisions purchased for the king.

    A look at the monthly provisions for the queen's table from only two departments, the acatry and the poultry, suggests that the courts arrival must have depopulated the wildlife in surrounding counties to supply it.

    1999, Mary Hill Cole, The Portable Queen: Elizabeth I and the Politics of Ceremony, page 44
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