court-cupboard

noun

A movable sideboard or buffet on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special occasions.

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Meanings

nouncourt-cupboard (plural court-cupboards)

plural court-cupboards

  1. obsoleteA movable sideboard or buffet on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special occasions.

    Away with the joint stools, remove the court-cupboard, look to the plate.

    c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]
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