met-borde

Yola

Etymology

met +‎ borde

Noun

met-borde

  1. dining table, meat board
    • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 98:
      [Wee] vaate apan vaate a met-borde was ee-halt.
      [With vat upon vat a meat-borde was held.]

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 56
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