sutlery
- noun
- /ˈsʌtəlri/
- Archaic
:
vivandería
- The soldiers eagerly lined up at the sutlery to buy fresh bread and other supplies.
- sutlery house
Examples
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During that period, goods were transported up the Hudson River from Albany to the army in Fort Edward, unloaded into sutlery houses or warehouses on the east bank, and no doubt exchanged for cash the next payday.
Academic text (2007) -
Among the coins was a stunning 1652 Pine Tree Shilling, a Massachusetts colonial coin that was already an heirloom by the time it was lost inside the sutlery house.
Academic text (2007) -
Photo (color): The author examines artifacts from the sutlery house in the laboratory of the Rogers Island Visitors Center.
Academic text (2007) -
But we can deduce that the sutlery house was a far more permanent structure than any of the military huts and tents we have excavated in Fort Edward over the past 15 years.
Academic text (2007) -
With a mix of curiosity and prescience, one of my colleagues, Matthew Rozell, strolled into the woods and discovered the site of the 250-year-old sutlery house, which was riddled with nearly a hundred looters' holes.
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He managed the sutlery and provided essential goods to the troops stationed nearby.
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The sutlery offered a variety of rations, including meat, coffee, and tobacco for the soldiers.
Synonyms
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7.0
A store on a military base that sells food and other supplies to people in the military
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7.9
A person or company that supplies food and goods to a large group, often an army
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sutlery comes from sutler, an old name for a person who sold food and small goods to soldiers in a camp, much like a 'seller' for the army. So a sutlery is the shop or business where troops bought extra supplies.