voider

[ voi-der ]

noun

1. a person or thing that voids.
2. Armor. gusset ( def 3a ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of voider¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; 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 Project Gutenberg

One other appurtenance of a dining-room is found in all early inventories—a voider.

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

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Dont put meat off your plate into the dish, but into a voider.

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The functions of a voider were somewhat those of a crumb-tray.

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