"buttery bar" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: buttery bars [plural]
Etymology: buttery (“a room where the butts or casks of wine are kept”) + bar Etymology templates: {{m|en|buttery||a room where the butts or casks of wine are kept}} buttery (“a room where the butts or casks of wine are kept”), {{m|en|bar}} bar Head templates: {{en-noun}} buttery bar (plural buttery bars)
  1. (historical) A shelf attached to the top of the bottom half of the door to the buttery, on which the person tapping the butts would place full cups for the drinkers. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-buttery_bar-en-noun-ycZcTwvr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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