scul‧le‧ry /ˈskʌləri/
noun (
plural sculleries)
[countable][
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Old French;
Origin: escuelerie '(room for) cleaning and storing of dishes', from escuelle 'bowl', from Latin scutella; ⇒ scuttle2]
a room next to the kitchen in a large house, where cleaning jobs were done in past times
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