ambry
Example Sentences
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The building is cruciform, of flint, dressed with Totternhoe and Caen stone, and has a square ambry, a very old piscina, and a double sedilia; the latter is E.E.
From Hertfordshire by E. H. (Edmund Hort) New
He opened a door of the ambry, pulled out a drawer, and, pressing some spring, revealed a narrow, secret shelf.
From Foes by Mary Johnston
It is so difficult to uncloister you, that I regret not seeing you when you are out of your own ambry.
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Horace Walpole
Below the hall is seen a small ambry or cupboard in the wall.
From The Hawarden Visitors' Hand-Book Revised Edition, 1890 by William Henry Gladstone
Coming to a fine carved ambry, he hesitated, then stood still.
From Foes by Mary Johnston
