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larder(dictionary)

larder (iou)



larder noun. ME.
[Anglo-Norman larder, Old French lardier, medieval Latin lardarium, formed as LARD noun + -ER2.]
A supply of meat; meat in storage. ME-L15.
A room or cupboard for the storage of food (orig. esp. meat). LME.
A store of food hoarded by an animal; spec. the collection of prey impaled by a shrike. E20.
Comb.: larder beetle a small brown dermestid beetle, Dermestes lardarius, whose larvae can be very destructive to stored meat and hides; also called bacon beetle.