tallet

British  

/ ˈtælət /

noun

1. dialect a loft

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Etymology

Origin of tallet

Welsh taflod , from Late Latin tābulata flooring

Example Sentences

Nora had scarcely shown her wisdom in releasing Jim so quickly; but it may be that to keep him longer concealed in the "tallet" was next door to impossible.

From Trevlyn Hold by Wood, Mrs. Henry

I lay down in the tallet at the farm atop o' the hay, and never woke all day yesterday.

From Trevlyn Hold by Wood, Mrs. Henry

"I was running home after Nora Dickson turned me out o' the tallet, and when I got up to 'em they was having words——" "Who were having words?"

From Trevlyn Hold by Wood, Mrs. Henry

Ay, ay, that he can, replied his lordship; for, by my saul, mon, he and I have stolen many a dog, and lain in many a hay tallet, in our youthful days. 

From The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew King of the Beggars; containing his Life, a Dictionary of the Cant Language, and many Entertaining Particulars of that Extraordinary Man by Unknown

Growing between the stones of the wall just by the tallet door is the plant I want to show you now.

From Wildflowers of the Farm by Cooke, Arthur Owens