court-cupboard

English

Noun

court-cupboard (plural court-cupboards)

1. (obsolete) A movable sideboard or buffet on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special occasions.
   • c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:

     Away with the joint stools, remove the court-cupboard, look to the plate.