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

I went to the cellaret and brought him some wine, of which he drank off a tumbler eagerly.

From Jacob Faithful by Marryat, Frederick

There were side tables, sometimes called "Side-Boards," but they contained neither cellaret nor cupboard: only a drawer for table linen.

From Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time by Litchfield, Frederick

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

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

Mrs. Reston also remembered that on returning home she had found the key of the cellaret, which she had missed, lying on the floor close to the side-board, and the door locked as usual.

From For John's Sake and Other Stories. by Perram, Annie Frances