Cup"board (kŭb"bẽrd),
n. [Cup + board.] 1.
A board or shelf for cups and dishes. [Obs.]
Bacon.
2. A small closet in a room, with shelves
to receive cups, dishes, food, etc.; hence, any small
closet.
Cupboard love, interested love, or that
which has an eye to the cupboard. "A cupboard love
is seldom true." Poor Robin. [Colloq.] -- To cry
cupboard, to call for food; to express hunger.
[Colloq.] "My stomach cries cupboard." W. Irving.
Cup"board, v. t. To collect,
as into a cupboard; to hoard. [R.] Shak.