voletn.
/ˈvɒleɪ/, U.S. /voʊˈleɪ/ a. A kerchief or veil worn at the back of the head by ladies. Obsolete.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > head-cloth or -scarf > types of
volet1399
night-coverchiefa1427
night-kerchief?c1450
night-kercher1552
shade1706
fala1721
teresa1770
bird's eye?1775
doek1798
Madras handkerchief1808
Madras turban1818
keffiyeh1831
Madras1838
turban1839
rigolette1859
charshaf1926
babushka1937
do-rag1964
1399 Will of Joan Assheborn (London Metropolitan Archives: DL/C/B/004/MS09171/001) f. 421 Vnam flamiolam parisiam vocatam volet.
1407 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 52 Pro ij. volets de Northfolk-thred, xd.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > cleaning the nose > handkerchief
coverchiefc1305
cloutc1380
muckender1420
napkin1436
handkerchief1530
handkercher1531
mocket1537
wiper1587
nose-cloth1589
pocket handkerchief1645
handcloth1676
mouchoira1685
pocket-clotha1704
wipe1708
volet1789
kerchief1814
snotter1823
lachrymatory1825
nose-rag1840
nose-wiper1840
sweat-rag1843
lachrymary1854
sneezer1857
stook1859
snottinger1864
snot-rag1888
hanky1895
penwiper1902
paper handkerchief1907
nose-wipe1919
snitch-rag1940
paper hankie1959
1789 C. Vallancey Vocab. Lang. Forth & Bargie in Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 1788 2 Antiquities 34 Volleat, a handkerchief.
2. One of the wings or side-compartments of a triptych. (Cf. volant adj. 4.)
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > religious painting > picture as altar-piece > parts of altar-piece or panels
volet1847
predella1868
panel1873
mandorla1883
volant1898
paliotto1906
1847 R. N. Wornum Hist. Painting xxiii. 317 This picture was painted in 1410,..It consists of a centre and two volets or revolving doors, which close upon it.
1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art (1850) 227 On the volet to the right is the supper in the house of Levi.
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