Definition of cookeries:
(n) :
The art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking.
(n) :
(archaic) A place where cooking is done.
(n) :
(archaic) Cooking tools or apparatus.
(n) :
(obsolete) A delicacy; a dainty.
(n) :
Obsolete form of kukri. [A curved Nepalese knife used especially by Gurkha fighters; many variants exist, but all share recurve as a common theme.]