Talk:ambry

Discussion on Quote

I was trying to fill in a quote for the sense that was missing one. You have moved it to the church meaning. Note however that the OED gives the church meaning as:

• "Christian Church. A cupboard, locker, or recess in the wall of a church or church building, to hold books, communion vessels, vestments, etc."

So while the quote is about a church, I don't think it matches that meaning in that towels are referred to here. Further OED puts from the same book this quote:

• "Within the Frater-house Door..is a strong Almery in the Wall, wherein a great Mazer..stood."

Under the meaning of:

• "A place for storing things, as a cupboard, locker, safe, press, etc.; a repository; (in later use) esp. a niche or recess in a wall used for storage. Formerly also (occas.): †a storeroom or storehouse (obs.). Now somewhat rare in general sense. Earliest recorded in attrib. use."

So either the other quote works or we are claming the OED is wrong here. What are your thoughts? WilliamKF (talk) 21:15, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

• I'll concede the point if you insist, but I would say that the citation in and of itself does not make it very clear which sense it belongs under, and hence is probably not the best illustration to use. But since it's the only one we've got I guess it'll have to do! Ƿidsiþ 11:05, 2 February 2013 (UTC)