a shallow dish of wood or bark, used for carrying water
Word origin
C19: from a native Australian language
coolamon in American English
(ˈkuːləˌmɑn, -mən)
noun
a basinlike dish made from wood or bark by Australian Aborigines
Word origin
[1840–50; ‹ Kamilaroi gulaman]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: colloid, flan, organizer, sensationalism, warmup