单词 | coolamon |
释义 | coolamonn. Australian. A shallow basin-shaped container made of wood or bark, used esp. for holding water or other liquids. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > [noun] > birch bark rogan1743 coolamon1846 society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > shallow vessel or dish > specific types balancea1522 cuvette1706 necromancer1747 holm-dish1771 patina1814 pan1843 coolamon1846 lanx1857 pitchi1896 1846 Sydney Morning Herald 4 Feb. 2/7 A large ‘coulamon’ receives the matter thus extracted by the heat. 1847 F. W. L. Leichhardt Jrnl. Overland Exped. Austral. 269 Three Koolimans (vessels of stringy bark) were full of honey water. 1881 A. C. Grant Bush-life in Queensland (1882) xxxiii. 337 A few broken gourds, a broken spear or two, and a cracked coolaman, were to be seen here and there. 1929 K. S. Prichard Coonardoo 92 Coonardoo set her boy in the coolamon she had scooped with sharp stones from the elbow of a river gum. 1963 A. Lubbock Austral. Roundabout 130 ‘How much this one?’ I asked, pointing to a small coolamon dish. 1996 D. Pilkington Rabbit-proof Fence iv. 25 The flowers from the desert oak, a type of grevillea, were picked and soaked in coolamons of water to make a sweet drink like cordial or lolly water. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1846 |
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