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

References

“hellier”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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