mattoke

Middle English

Noun

mattoke

  1. Alternative form of mattok

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English mattok, from Old English mattuc.

Noun

mattoke

  1. spade
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 7:
      Na oure gladès ana whilke we dellt wi' mattoke,
      In our valleys where we were digging with the spade,

References
  • Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 116
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