troolien.
/ˈtruːli/ A name for the immense entire leaf of the bussu-palm ( Manicaria saccifera), often thirty feet in length and four or five in breadth, used in the lower Amazon region for thatching. Also, the tree itself.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > bussu palm > leaf or spathe
palm-bag1681
palm-net1681
palm-sack1681
troolie1769
1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 13 Troelies are a leaf near thirty feet in length, serving for the thatch of houses.
1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 103 Troolies are, perhaps, the largest leaves..hitherto discovered.
Compounds
C1. attributive, as troolie leaf, troolie palm, troolie tree.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [adjective]
palmy1569
palmful1615
palmiferous1656
palmeous1657
rotan1697
palmaceous1731
troolie1825
piassava1841
timite1858
murumuru1927
sacsac1947
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [adjective] > of leaf or nut
troolie1825
1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. i. 16 The troely [1903 Troolie palm], one leaf of which will defend thee from both sun and rain .
1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. (1882) i. 30 The low and swampy parts near creeks where the troely tree grows.
1847 M. J. Higgins Ess. (1875) 227 An Indian..barn, open at the sides, and thatched thickly with troolie leaves at the top.
C2.
troolie hut n. a hut thatched with troolies.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > hut or hovel > [noun] > types of
lonquhardc1480
hothouse1643
ajoupa1666
penthouse1683
pandal?1692
bark-hut1744
log-tent1748
log cabin1770
bush-hut1775
log-hut1778
yurt1780
isba1784
beach hut1806
whare1807
bough-house1811
pondok1815
grass hut1818
hartebeest house1818
leaf hut1818
gunyah1820
grass house1823
slab-and-bark hut1826
slab-and-shingle hut1826
slab whare1826
rondavel1829
bush-house1835
skerm1835
jacal1838
toldo1839
log-shanty1847
wurley1847
maloca1853
palm hut1853
whare1853
hutmenta1857
bush-shanty1857
benab1860
pondokkie1862
bothan1863
lanaia1869
hogan1872
tenta1873
beehive-hut1884
leaf shelter1886
Oklahoma1889
goondie1890
cabana1898
troolie hut1899
tukul1901
fale1902
banda1908
kya1909
hut1913
obi1913
Nissen hut1917
Nissen1919
basha1921
tourist cabin1928
bunkie1935
wanigan1937
Quonset hut1942
chickee1943
iron lung1943
Quonset1943
1899 J. Rodway In Guiana Wilds 20 Lying on the bed in the troolie hut.
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