ˈstore-room
1. A room set apart for the storing of goods or supplies, esp. those of a ship or household.
| 1746 P. Yorke in G. Harris Ld. Chanc. Hardwicke (1847) II. 293 He..saw powder, shot, & bonnets distributed to them out of a store-room, whereof his Lord kept the key himself. 1748 Anson's Voy. iii. i. 301 The Gunner's fore store-room. 1780 Mirror No. 93 When he gives out the wine from the cellar, and the groceries from the store-room. 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 77 In frigates,..the gunner's, boatswain's, and carpenter's store rooms are in the fore cockpit. 1857 Ruskin Pol. Econ. Art i. §10 You will see the good housewife taking pride..in her well-dressed dish, and her full store-room. 1886 [see storehouse 1 b]. |
| attrib. 1750 T. R. Blanckley Naval Expos. 90 Storeroom lanterns, a triangular Light placed at the Bulk-head of the Boatswain and Carpenter's Store-Rooms. 1897 ‘Sarah Grand’ Beth Bk. xii. (1898) 95 He led the way..to the store-room door. |
2. Room or space for storage.
| 1783 Justamond tr. Raynal's Hist. Ind. IV. 457 Tobacco..pays two sols six deniers per quintal to the government for store-room. 1887 Spons' Househ. Man. 100 If the cupboards are taken up to the ceiling line,..increased storeroom would be provided for clothing not immediately required. |