A collective term referring to live animals, particularly bovine animals, held as property or reared to serve as meat, or sources of milk, skin, wool, etc.
These are people whose occupation it is to make wooden ships or vessels watertight by driving oakum or other material into wedge-shaped seams between planks forming the hull.
These are officials of monasteries and other religious communities in charge of provisions and supplies, especially of food, of the running of the kitchens, the work and conduct of servants and lay members, the purchase and delivery of goods, and all aspects of the management of the establishment that are not specifically assigned to others.