Wordie: Pantry: Comments

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 month ago

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:21:06 +0000

Much as I prefer reading the rest of this page, I'm going to spoil it now:
"Associated with the buttery in the Great Hall complex. Not sure what its function was as differentiated from the former. Pantry actually means 'bread room' (pan French equals bread). The lower end of a great hall, opposite the lord's dais at the upper end, almost always had three doors: buttery, pantry, and passage to kitchen." (britcastles.com)

Comment by dontcry, 3 months ago

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:56:24 +0000

Also, one could get pantsed if panting profusely.

Comment by reesetee, 3 months ago

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:42:16 +0000

Not that I know of. I was thinking of "to pant" as in "to breathe heavily." But one could say one was panted if pants were on respective legs, I suppose.

Comment by chained_bear, 3 months ago

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:11:32 +0000

Wow. Does donning pants really have its own verb, "to pant"? *thinks about pants*

Comment by reesetee, 3 months ago

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:59:48 +0000

Hmm. I once lived in an apartment that was so small that I did store pants in the pantry. (There were no closets.) However, I could not fit in the pantry with the pants, so I had to pant elsewhere when donning the pants.

Comment by dontcry, 3 months ago

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:26:48 +0000

Sounds like a place you could try some of those uber expensive skillets before investing in one.

Comment by gangerh, 3 months ago

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:49:25 +0000

I thought 'twas where you went to test the roadholding properties of your next new motor.

Comment by yarb, 3 months ago

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:34:45 +0000

Good point. A place for panting as you put on your pants.

Comment by Kalli, 3 months ago

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:18:47 +0000

Sounds to me like it should be a place to store pants. Or something to do with pants anyway. Putting them on or something.