butlery

American  

[buht-luh-ree] / ˈbʌt lə ri /

noun

butleries plural

1. a butler's room or pantry; buttery.

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butlery British  

/ ˈbʌtlərɪ /

noun

1. a butler's room

2. another name for buttery 2

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• butleries
  plural

Etymology

Origin of butlery

First recorded in 1250–1300, butlery is from the Middle English word botelerie. See butler, -y ³

Example Sentences

She took her meals with old Bates at a little table in the butlery, found her chief relaxation in the one motion-picture house that Hambleton boasted, and for the rest, "kept herself to herself."

From The Monk of Hambleton by Livingston, Armstrong

"I beg thou wilt forgive much, she being of such slender age and knowing not the great wrong of clandestine—" "Ah! ah! she holdeth court here in the chief butlery."

From Mistress Penwick by Payne, Dutton

The kitchen and butlery were connected with the hall, and indicate, by their construction, the princely hospitality of the lords of Raglan. 

From The Wye and Its Associations a picturesque ramble by Ritchie, Leitch

The mayor, bailiffs, and commonalty of Oxford also claim to assist in the office of butlery, and receive the humbler reward of three maple cups.

From Coronation Anecdotes by Gossip, Giles