buttery hatchとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

buttery hatch (複数形 buttery hatches)

1. An opening in the wall (originally of a buttery) through which drinks and provisions can be served. [from 16th c.]
   • 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson 1986, p. 69:

     [H]e built a dining-room close to his kitchen, with a buttery-hatch opening into it, so that he and his friends might enjoy beef-steaks, hot and hot, upon the same plan as the members of the Beef-steak Club are supplied at their room in the Lyceum.