Wal"let (?), n. [OE. walet, probably the same word as OE. watel a bag. See Wattle.]

1.

A bag or sack for carrying about the person, as a bag for carrying the necessaries for a journey; a knapsack; a beggar's receptacle for charity; a peddler's pack.

[His hood] was trussed up in his walet. Chaucer.

2.

A pocketbook for keeping money about the person.

3.

Anything protuberant and swagging.

"Wallets of flesh."

Shak.

 

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