ambry

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A bookcase; a library or archive.

   “This collection, then, was the college reference library; corresponding with the common aumbry of the monastery, but also indicative of the principle of all library organisation[…].”

2. isim A storehouse, especially a niche or recess in a wall used for storage.

   “In the closets or almeries on each side of the Frater-house door in the Cloisters, Towels were kept white and clean to dry their Hands upon.”

3. isim A pantry, or place to store food.

   “Used by a wholesaler or retailer as a wine cabinet, the ambry cupboard suited the needs of a neighborhood inn or small-scale private kitchen.”

4. isim A cupboard or storage area in a church to hold books, communion vessels, vestments, etc. (usually in the sacristy); an armarium.

   “At the end of the bench adjoining to the Frater-house door, was a fine almery fixed to the wall, and another on the other side of the door[…].”