hallier
English
Etymology
From hale (“to pull”).
Noun
hallier (plural halliers)
- A kind of net for catching birds.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for hallier in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
French
Etymology
From Picard hallot or Dutch hallot, with change of suffix.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /a.lje/
Audio (file)
Noun
hallier m (plural halliers)
- shrubbery
Further reading
- “hallier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.