hellier
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]hellier (plural helliers)
- (obsolete) One who heles or covers; hence, a tiler, slater, or thatcher.
- a. 1655, James Ussher, An Answer to a Challenge made by a Jesuit in Ireland:
- he that covereth the house with tile or slate, is from thence commonly called a hellier
References
[edit]- “hellier”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.