a stand having sections for holding magazines, sheet music, or loose papers.
a supper tray with partitions for cutlery and plates.
a city in E Kent, in SE England: cathedral; early ecclesiastical center of England.
a municipality in E New South Wales, in SE Australia: a part of Sydney.
Latin name: Durovernum. a city in SE England, in E Kent: starting point for St Augustine's mission to England (597 ad ); cathedral where St Thomas à Becket was martyred (1170); seat of the archbishop and primate of England; seat of the University of Kent (1965). Pop: 43 552 (2001)
a regional council area of New Zealand, on E central South Island on Canterbury Bight : mountainous with coastal lowlands; agricultural. Chief town: Christchurch. Pop: 520 500 (2004 est). Area: 43 371 sq km (16 742 sq miles)
a late 18th-century low wooden stand with partitions for holding cutlery and plates: often mounted on casters
a similar 19th-century stand used for holding sheet music, music books, or magazines
1840–50; after Canterbury, England
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“This year, the flowers that are blooming include canterbury and school bells, arroyo lupine, and California poppy,” the parks department said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2023
Yet his finest work was full of ironical laughter; a "canterbury tale," in medieval slang, was a lie.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Now Miss Bedford will sing us something,” shrieked Mrs Bray; and not daring to decline, Ella rose and walked to the piano, taking up a song from the canterbury.
From By Birth a Lady by Fenn, George Manville
The meadows on the hillside are full of yarrow and canterbury bells; everything’s in bloom.
From The Adventures of Maya the Bee by Guiterman, Arthur
Mr. Hand paused between the beds of sweet williams and canterbury bells.
From The Raid from Beausejour; and How the Carter Boys Lifted the Mortgage by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
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