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‖ hielaman Australia.|ˈhiːləmən|
Also hiele-, heela-, heelo-.
[Corruption of native Australian name elimang, e-lee-mong, hīlaman.]
a. The narrow shield of the Australian aborigines, made of bark or wood (Morris Austral Eng.).
[1798D. Collins Acc. N.S. Wales 612 E-lee-mong, shield made of bark.] 1839T. L. Mitchell 3 Exp. E. Austral. II. 349 There is much originality in the shield or hieleman of these people. 1848H. W. Haygarth Recoll. Bush Life Austral. x. 113 The heeloman is a sort of shield, made of the toughest wood procurable, about three feet in length, and six inches in breadth at the centre, whence it gradually tapers off to a point at either extremity. 1852Mundy Antipodes iv. (1855) 102 The hieleman or shield is a piece of wood, about two and a half feet long, tapering to the ends, with a bevelled face not more than four inches wide at the broadest part. 1873J. B. Stephens Black Gin etc. 26 No faint far hearing of the waddies banging, Of club and heelaman together clanging.
b. Comb. hielaman tree, the Bats-wing Coral, Erythrina vespertilio, used by the Australian aborigines for making their shields (Morris).
1884A. Nilson Timber Trees N.S.W. 136 Heelaman tree. 1889J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 426 Heilaman tree. The wood is soft, and used by the aborigines for making their ‘heilamans’ or shields. |