n. A movable sideboard or buffet, on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special ocasions. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
A way with the joint stools, remove the court-cupboard, look to the plate. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cup + board. ]
Cupboard love,
To cry cupboard,
v. t. To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]