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tallet

British  
/ ˈtælət /

noun

  1. dialect a loft

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of tallet

Welsh taflod , from Late Latin tābulata flooring

Example Sentences

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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

The wall of the tallet is of stone and is very old; the roof is tiled.

From Wildflowers of the Farm by Cooke, Arthur Owens

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

I was tired to death," he said, "and crep' up into the tallet at master's, and went to sleep.

From Trevlyn Hold by Wood, Mrs. Henry

"I've been nowhere but up in the tallet at master's," replied Jim.

From Trevlyn Hold by Wood, Mrs. Henry

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