valleat

Yola

Alternative forms

• volleat

Etymology

vall (“fall on”) +‎ heade (“head”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaˈlɛːt/, /vɔˈlɛːt/

Noun

valleat

1. A kerchief for the head.

Related terms

• kerchure

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 74