Yola

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Etymology

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drine +‎ vold

Noun

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drine-vold

  1. A crowded pen.
    • 1867, “BIT OF DIALOGUE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Aar's neer a vear o aam to be drine-vold.
      There is no fear of them to fall into a dry furrow or trench.

References

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  • 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 111