wallet Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money
    notecase; billfold; pocketbook.

WordNet

Wal"let noun
Etymology
OE. walet, probably the same word as OE. watel a bag. See Wattle.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913