sallet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sallet
1400–50; late Middle English, variant of salade < Middle French < Spanish celada (or Italian celata ) < Latin caelāta ( cassis ) engraved (helmet), feminine of caelātus (past participle of caelāre to engrave); see -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Sooth, not greatly needful, only as your sallet to your great feast, to entertain a little more time, and to abridge the not received custom of music in our theatre.”
From Shakespeare in the Theatre by Poel, William
On de plantation dey had big gyardens whar dey raised heaps of cabbages, potatoes, colla'd greens, turnip sallet, onions, peas, rutabagas, and pun'kins and sech lak.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
Do on thy sallet, my lord; and thou, Michael-a-green shake out the Bull; and thou, our Noise, blow a point of war that they may be warned.
From The Well at the World's End: a tale by Morris, William
Their captain he saw, a big man all-armed in steel, but himseemed that he knew his face under his sallet, and presently saw that it was Redhead.
From The Well at the World's End: a tale by Morris, William
Ralph laughed; for by this time he knew the voice of the King, yea, and the face of him under his sallet.
From The Well at the World's End: a tale by Morris, William
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