| 释义 |
Definition of coolamon in English: coolamonnoun ˈkuːləmən Australian An Aboriginal container made of wood or bark, used for holding liquids or goods, or carrying a baby. Example sentencesExamples - She had decided to follow the walking pad quietly down by Fred's camp to the soakage to get a coolamon of water.
- She came up to him with the coolamon containing the lily roots she had been collecting.
- Traditionally, Aboriginal women carried and cared for their babies in a Coolamon.
- The child will be received into a coolamon that has been used by three generations of one family.
- Bloodwood is good to make coolamons with.
- The Coolamon has been carved from the trunk of a tree.
- He went on to win the prize for the best painted and carved coolamon.
- We see a young mother with her baby in a coolamon, attended by two older women.
- My mother, her name was Little Minnie, put me in the coolamon, and carried me round in the coolamon.
- She let herself drop down next to the clay woman and took the baby out of the coolamon into her arms, rocking it gently.
Origin Mid 19th century: from Kamilaroi (an Aboriginal language) and neighbouring languages gulaman. |