voider

American  

[voi-der] / ˈvɔɪ dər /

noun

1. a person or thing that voids.

2. Armor. gusset.

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Etymology

Origin of voider

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at void, -er ¹

Example Sentences

Being set down, she casts her face into a platform, which dureth the meal, and is taken away with the voider.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various

His gift was an Indian tray or voider full of silver, upon which was a carved silver dish full of gold.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

In the voider the lines are still wider apart; this ordinary occupies nearly the whole of the field: it may be charged.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous

The voider was a deep wicker, wooden, or metal basket.

From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse

To purify their tables, the servant bore a long wooden "voiding-knife," by which he scraped the fragments from the table into a basket, called "a voider."

From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Disraeli, Isaac