(a) A kitchen; kichene(n theininge, service of the kitchen, cooking, etc.; (b) the department in a royal, noble, or ecclesiastical household where food is prepared; ~ boi (knave, page), child of the ~, an attendant or helper in this department; porter of the ~, one who carries burdens in or to a kitchen; ~ clerk, clerk of the ~, the officer in charge of the department; canoun of the ~, officer in charge of the kitchen in a house of canons; also fig.; (c) the part of the Jewish temple where the victims of the sacrifice are boiled; (d) cooking; (e) food prepared in the kitchen, cooked meats, fish, and the like.

(a) Cpds. & combs. ~ dore, ~ rof; ~ goter, ?a sewer for the kitchen; ~ knif, a knife used in the kitchen; ~ wong, ?a field adjacent to the kitchen of a manor, ?a field the produce of which is used for cooking; ~ yerd, a kitchen garden; (b) in surnames & place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.123].