cupboardwiseとは 意味・読み方・使い方

副詞

cupboardwise (not comparable)

1. (まれに) In the manner of a cupboard.
   • 1957, Catherine Weldon, Young folks in homes: leisure-time activities in child-caring institution

     Boxes, assembled within a larger box cupboardwise and placed on a bedside table, can be used for storage in the same way that pockets are used.

   • 1959, Therle Hughes, Small decorative antiques

     By the early nineteenth century there were even kitchen dolls whose skirts opened cupboardwise to reveal suitably papered rooms with shelves...

   • 2008, Fred Roe, Old Oak Furniture

     They were small upright receptacles intended for hanging against the wall, having a single door opening cupboardwise...