Obs. [perh. derivative of COVE sb.1 in its OE. sense of ‘closet,’ etc.] A pantry.
1593. Rites & Mon. Ch. Durh. (Surtees), 68. From the cellar-door to the pantry or covey-door. Ibid., 77. A little vault at the west end of the Frater house like unto a pantry, called the Covey.
[1861. Our Eng. Home, 80. The pantry, called by ancient housekeepers the covey.]
