'Buttery hatch' definitions:

Definition of 'Buttery hatch'

From: GCIDE
  • Buttery \But"ter*y\, n.; pl. Butteries. [OE. botery, botry; cf. LL. botaria wine vessel; also OE. botelerie, fr. F. bouteillerie, fr. boutellie bottle. Not derived from butter. See Bottle a hollow vessel, Butt a cask.]
  • 1. An apartment in a house where butter, milk and other provisions are kept. [1913 Webster]
  • All that need a cool and fresh temper, as cellars, pantries, and butteries, to the north. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A room in some English colleges where liquors, fruit, and refreshments are kept for sale to the students. [1913 Webster]
  • And the major Oxford kept the buttery bar. --E. Hall. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A cellar in which butts of wine are kept. --Weale. [1913 Webster]
  • Buttery hatch, a half door between the buttery or kitchen and the hall, in old mansions, over which provisions were passed. --Wright. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Buttery hatch'

From: GCIDE
  • Hatch \Hatch\, n. [OE. hacche, AS. h[ae]c, cf. haca the bar of a door, D. hek gate, Sw. h[aum]ck coop, rack, Dan. hekke manger, rack. Prob. akin to E. hook, and first used of something made of pieces fastened together. Cf. Heck, Hack a frame.]
  • 1. A door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge. [1913 Webster]
  • In at the window, or else o'er the hatch. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A flood gate; a sluice gate. --Ainsworth. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A bedstead. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. An opening in the deck of a vessel or floor of a warehouse which serves as a passageway or hoistway; a hatchway; also; a cover or door, or one of the covers used in closing such an opening. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Mining) An opening into, or in search of, a mine. [1913 Webster]
  • Booby hatch, Buttery hatch, Companion hatch, etc. See under Booby, Buttery, etc.
  • To batten down the hatches (Naut.), to lay tarpaulins over them, and secure them with battens.
  • To be under hatches, to be confined below in a vessel; to be under arrest, or in slavery, distress, etc. [1913 Webster]