tallet

British  

/ ˈtælət /

noun

1. dialect a loft

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Etymology

Origin of tallet

Welsh taflod , from Late Latin tābulata flooring

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Example Sentences

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tallet

He had done it once before, and could not get down, and so the tallet was searched.

From Wood Magic A Fable by Richard Jefferies

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

From Trevlyn Hold by Mrs. Henry Wood

Now up in the tallet with ye, there’s a good boy, and down with another lock or two of hay—as fast as you can do it for me.’

From The Hand of Ethelberta by Thomas Hardy

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

From Trevlyn Hold by Mrs. Henry Wood

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 Arthur Owens Cooke

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