Middle English Dictionary Entry
lā̆rderī(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | lā̆rderī(e n. |
| Etymology | ?AF; ?from ME lā̆rd n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A room or building for processing and storing meats, a larder; (b) the department of the royal household in charge of the larder; (c) provision of meats.
Associated quotations
a
- (1362-3) in Hope Windsor C.207 : Cujasdam valte vocate le larderye.
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.97 : [An axe for] larderye.
b
- (1454) Proc.Privy C.6.229 : Thoffice of þe lardery.
c
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)888 : For seeke men the leche and medycyne Procureth he, for larderye and toolys.