Definition of "butlery" []

• Same as buttery, 2. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "'There were several flagons set out in the butlery,' he said."
• "As he never drank a whole bottle of wine at his meals (the Princesses drank nothing but water), he filled up that out of which he had drunk about half from the bottle served up by the officers of his butlery."
• "The mayor, bailiffs, and commonalty of Oxford also claim to assist in the office of butlery, and receive the humbler reward of three maple cups."