drury
See also: Drury
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French druerie, droerie (“love, friendship”) et al., from dru (“friend”).
Noun
drury
- (obsolete) Love, especially sexual love; courtship, sex.
- (obsolete) A beloved thing; a treasure.
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, I:
- It is as derworth a drewery · as dere god hym-seluen.
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, I: