voider

noun /ˈvɔɪdə(ɹ)/

1. One who, or that which, voids, empties, vacates, or annuls.

2. A tray or basket formerly used to receive or convey that which is voided or cleared away from a given place; especially, one for carrying off the remains of a meal, as fragments of food; sometimes, a basket for containing household articles, as clothes, etc.

   Peirs ploughman layd the cloth, and Simplicity brought in the voyder.

3. A contrivance in armour for covering an unprotected part of the body; a gousset.

   historical

   […] amongst the stock of a Southwark armour-dealer in 1454 and worn-out haubergeons 'of westwale' at the Tower in 1455 were recycled into sleeves and voiders.

4. A servant whose business is to void, or clear away, a table after a meal.

   historical, rare

   The voider hauing cléered the table, Cardes & Dice (for the laſt Meſſe) are ſerued vp to the boord: […]

Where it comes from

From Middle English voider, equivalent to void + -er.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry voider (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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