(in a large house) a small room where crockery, cutlery, and sometimes food and drink were kept.
ale was supplied from the butlery
Example sentencesExamples
The cooked foods go from the range to the butlery.
The house has a wide front porch and has three large rooms, a butlery and a bathroom.
The dining room offers the convenience of a butlery.
Within it was a great banqueting hall, many smaller chambers in which the ladies might take their ease, kitchens and butleries, and every sort of comfort.
At the other end of the cloister were the kitchens, butleries, pantries, and offices.