cellaret

American  

[sel-uh-ret] / ˌsɛl əˈrɛt /

Or cellarette

noun

1. a compartment, cabinet, or stand fitted for wine bottles.

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cellaret British  

/ ˌsɛləˈrɛt /

noun

1. a case, cabinet, or sideboard with compartments for holding wine bottles

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Etymology

Origin of cellaret

First recorded in 1800–10; cellar + -et

Example Sentences

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cellaret

The principal utensils required for making ice-creams are ice-tubs, freezing-pots, spaddles, and a cellaret.

From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

Adam was one of the first to assemble the pieces that later grew into the sideboard—a table, two pedestals, and a cellaret.

From Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today by Throop, Lucy Abbot

By lowering and advancing the left shoulder, the vendor pours the contents of the cask through a small neck or pipe into the glasses, which he carries in a flat basket with cellaret partitions.

From The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. by Wells, Nathaniel Armstrong

The cellaret is a tin vessel, in which ices are kept for a short time from dissolving.

From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

"Why did you not ask me, my dear sir?" said Emily, as she threw open a cellaret, and handed him what he wanted.

From Precaution by Cooper, James Fenimore