household-stuff arch.
The goods, utensils, vessels, etc. belonging to a household; the furniture of a house.
| c 1511 1st Eng. Bk. Amer. (Arb.) Introd. 28/2 The women bere there chyldren & theyr householde stuffe. 1553 Eden Treat. Newe Ind. (Arb.) 24 Theyr housholde stuffe is of golde and syluer. 1676 Temple Lett. to Sir J. Williamson Wks. 1731 II. 419, I have given Order for shipping away the best Part of my Houshold-stuff To-morrow. 1719 De Foe Crusoe ii. i, Household-stuff, particularly kitchen utensils. 1869 Freeman Norm. Conq. III. xii. 211 Horses, arms, household stuff of every kind, were found in plenty. |