aumbry

/am-bree/US // ˈæm bri //UK // (ˈɔːmbrɪ) //

阿姆贝里,阿姆伯里,阿姆布利,阿姆布瑞

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural aum·bries.
- : Also called armarium. Ecclesiastical. a recess in the wall of a church or a cupboard in the sacristy where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc., are kept.
- : Chiefly British Dialect. a storeroom, closet, or pantry.
- : Obsolete. any of various types of closet or cupboard with doors and shelves.

There is a very singular aumbry or alms-box, formed in an oak bench-end near the door.
In the north wall there is a square aumbry, and in the south wall a large piscina, with trefoil head and projecting basin.
The deep window recess opposite the door was fitted up as a small chapel, with Aumbry, Piscina, and Sedilia.
An aumbry was a recess in the wall well lined inside with wood so that the damp of the masonry should not spoil the books.
These recesses are shown on the plan here reproduced; so also is the common aumbry in the wall of the south transept.