cupboard

1. (obsolete) A board or table used to openly hold and display silver plate and other dishware; a sideboard; a buffet. [14th–18th c.]Examples: "Cupboꝛde of plate or to ſette plate upon buffet z ma."; "from the cobbarde byſyde owr dyninge table"; "Now when the maids and pages all were gone, / One onely lampe upon the cubbard burning[…]"Synonyms: sideboardobsolete

2. (obsolete) Things displayed on a sideboard; dishware, particularly valuable plate. [16th–19th c.]Examples: "But howe comme to pas, / Your cupbord that was / Is tourned to glasse, / From syluere to brasse, / From golde to pewter, / Or els to a newter, / To copper, to tyn, / To lede, or alcumyn?"obsolete

3. (obsolete) Things stored in a cupboard; particularly food.Examples: "Some men they [make] love for what they can get, / And 'tis certain there's many a Lubbard; / Will sigh and will pant, seeming ready to faint, / And all for the love of the cubbard, brave boys! / And all [for the love of the Cup-board]."obsolete

4. (Western Pennsylvania, UK) A closet for storing coats.Examples: "I hung the coat in the cupboard and bided my time."PennsylvaniaUKWestern