reservatory

English

Etymology

From Latin reservatorium, from resservare. See reserve and compare reservoir.

Noun

reservatory (plural reservatories)

1. A place in which things are reserved or kept.
   • 1695, John Woodward, “(please specify the page)”, in An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth: And Terrestrial Bodies, Especially Minerals: […], London: […] Ric[hard] Wilkin […], →OCLC:

     I got such Notice of that subterranean Reservatory as to enable me to make a Computation of the Quantity of Water

Adjective

reservatory (not comparable)

1. reserving something

   a reservatory clause

References

“reservatory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.