🏠 A house 🏢 An upper room

flet

9.9

An old word for an upper room or floor in a building

noun
/flɛt/

Archaic

: piso

In medieval times, servants often slept on the upper flet above the main hall.

Examples

They decided to renovate the top flet in the building.
They stored grain on the flet to keep it safe from dampness and pests.
The old manor had a spacious flet where the family would gather in the evenings.
The old flet had beautiful views of the countryside.
The old manor had a spacious flet where the family would gather in the evenings.
In medieval times, servants often slept on the upper flet above the main hall.
They decided to renovate the top flet in the building.

Synonyms

floor

vsflet

960 1.0

A single level of a building with rooms at the same height

is a term used mainly for upper or archaic rooms and levels

ben

vsflet

Literature

9.9

A warm inner room in an old Scottish house where people sit and talk

is broader meaning an upper room or storey rather than just the inner parlor

How High

attic

198 1.5

flet

Archaic

9.9

first floor

67 1.1

ground floor

32 1.0

cellar

139 1.6

Surface Forms

flet singular

flets plural

Etymology

Flet comes from old words like flett and flöt that meant 'floor' or 'room'. That's why in older or dialect use a flet often means an upper floor or a room inside a building, similar to the British word flat.