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Room for pitchers
Answer for the clue "Room for pitchers ", 5 letters:
ewery
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ewery \Ew"er*y\ ([=u]"[~e]r*[y^]), Ewry \Ew"ry\ ([=u]"r[y^])n. An office or place of household service where the ewers were formerly kept. [Enq.] --Parker.
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context historical UK English) An office or place of household service where the ewers were kept.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A ewery was the office in a medieval household responsible for water and the vessels for drinking or washing of the person. The word comes from "ewer", a sort of pitcher . This office was not responsible for laundry, which was handled by the offices of ...
Usage examples of ewery.
He was a yeoman of the ewery, a middle-aged man who had come over from Spain when Katherine was married.