ambry

Example Sentences

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A large ambry adjoins the door in the outer wall.

From Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys by Butler, Dugald

She knew him as certainly as if she had seen him standing before her again, the little lad of past years, or the infant cradled in the ambry of the ruined chancel.

From A Dozen Ways Of Love by Dougall, Lily

He opened a door of the ambry, pulled out a drawer, and, pressing some spring, revealed a narrow, secret shelf.

From Foes by Johnston, Mary

Coming to a fine carved ambry, he hesitated, then stood still.

From Foes by Johnston, Mary

Cicely Elliott looked around her in the darkening room: beside the ambry there hung a brush of feathers such as they used for the dusting of their indoor clothes.

From The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court by Ford, Ford Madox