buttery hatch

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English

Noun

buttery hatch (plural buttery hatches)

  1. An opening in the wall (originally of a buttery) through which drinks and provisions can be served.
    • 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 69:
      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.