hellier
English
Alternative forms
- heler
Noun
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
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References
- hellier in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913