s. dial. Forms: 7 vallor, vallow, 9 valler; 8 voler, 9 voller, vollier. [Southern dial. var. of FOLLOWER (5 a).] That part of a cheese-press (or cider-press) to which pressure is applied.
1675. Worlidge, Syst. Agric. (ed. 2), 323. Vallor, or Vallow,… a Concave-Mold wherein a Cheese is pressed. [Hence in some later Dicts.]
1730. Budgen, Hurricane fr. Bexhill to Newingden-level, 2. A Cheesebail and Voler were taken from a Shelf in a Chamber. Note, The Voler is a round Piece of Inch Board, fitted into the Bail, that communicates the Force of the Press upon the Cheese.
1853. Cooper, Sussex Gloss., 84.
1891. Hartland Gloss., 82. Voller,… that part of a cider or cheese press to which the pressure is applied by screw or lever.
