hellier

English

Alternative forms

Noun

hellier (plural helliers)

  1. (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
  • hellier in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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