Meaning of buttery hatch | Babel Free

Definitions

An opening in the wall (originally of a buttery) through which drinks and provisions can be served.

Examples

“[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.”

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