butteries

Variant of buttery

noun pl. butteries

  1. a storeroom for wine and liquor
  2. Dialectal a larder (sense )
  3. a room in some English colleges where students may buy provisions

Origin: ME boterie, ale cellar, pantry < OFr, storage room for casks < ML buteria: see butt

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