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Buttery - Next to the kitchen, a room from where wine was dispensed.
Buttress - Wall projection for extra support; flying - narrow, arched bridge against the structure; pilaster - gradually recedes into the structure as it ascends.

 


Buttery
- in medieval buildings, a store room for bottles, usually wine.
(absolutely no connection with dairy products).

Buttery: room for the service of beverages
Concentric: having two sets of walls, one inside the other
Crenelation: a notched battlement made up of alternate crenels (openings) and merlons (square sawteeth) ...

Buttery: Next to the kitchen, a room from where wine was dispensed; Room for the service of beverages Buttress: Wall projection for extra support; flying - narrow, arched bridge against the structure; ...

Pantry - associated with the Buttery in the Great Hall complex. I'm not sure what its function was as differentiated from the former. Pantry actually means 'bread room' (pan French equals bread).

Butt-jointA joint in which the stones or bricks do not overlap.ButteryIn a medieval house or college, a store room off the screens passage, especially for drink; compare pantry.Butt purlins ...

Screen passage - The space at the service end of a medieval hall between the screen and the buttery, kitchen and pantry entrance.

See also: Medieval, Ornament, House, Pantry, Screen

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