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

That, like the garden, is above the foldyard; from it there are only two or three steps to the door of the loft or "tallet" above the stables.

From Wildflowers of the Farm by Cooke, Arthur Owens

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

From Trevlyn Hold by Wood, Mrs. Henry

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

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