voider

[ voi-der ]

noun

1. a person or thing that voids.
2. Armor. gusset ( def 3a ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of voider¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; void, -er ¹

Example Sentences

"Enter Gustus with a voiding-knife;" and in A Woman killed with Kindness, "Enter three or four serving men, one with a voider and wooden knife to take away."

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Don’t put meat off your plate into the dish, but into a voider.

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One other appurtenance of a dining-room is found in all early inventories—a voider.

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The voider was a deep wicker, wooden, or metal basket.

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In the voider the lines are still wider apart; this ordinary occupies nearly the whole of the field: it may be charged.

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