Also 8 dial. volleat. [a. OF. volet, vollet kerchief, or mod.F. volet shutter, etc., f. voler, f. L. volāre to fly.]
† 1. A kerchief or veil worn at the back of the head by ladies. Obs.
1398. Will J. Asshebom (Comm. Crt. London). Unam flamiolam parisiam vocatam volet.
1407. Nottingham Rec., II. 52. Pro ij. volets de Northfolk-thred, xd.
† b. dial. A handkerchief. Obs.
1788. Vallancey, Voc. Bargie, in Trans. R. Irish Acad., II. 34. Volleat, a handkerchief.
2. One of the wings or side-compartments of a triptych. (Cf. VOLANT sb. 4.)
1847. Wornum, Hist. Paint., xxiii. 317. This picture was painted in 1410,… It consists of a centre and two volets or revolving doors, which close upon it.
1848. Mrs. Jameson, Sacr. & Leg. Art (1850), 227. On the volet to the right is the supper in the house of Levi.
