An archaic or alternate spelling of buffet; a blow or a sideboard for food service.
Variant spelling of 'buffet' from Old French 'buffet', which may derive from 'buffe' meaning a blow or hit, then extended to mean the furniture piece.
The word 'buffet' actually has two completely unrelated meanings (a blow vs. a food counter), and they come from the same Old French root—one meaning evolved from the idea of striking/hitting on surfaces.
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