coolamon
/ˈkuːləmən
/noun Australian
An Aboriginal container made of wood or bark, used for holding liquids or goods, or carrying a baby: a coolamon of water...
- She let herself drop down next to the clay woman and took the baby out of the coolamon into her arms, rocking it gently.
- We see a young mother with her baby in a coolamon, attended by two older women.
- She had decided to follow the walking pad quietly down by Fred's camp to the soakage to get a coolamon of water.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Kamilaroi (an Aboriginal language) and neighbouring languages gulaman.
- parietal bone
- parietal cell
- parietal convolution
- parietal eminence
- parietal eye
- parietal foramen
- parietal fossa
- parietal lobe
- parietal lobule
- parietal peritoneum
- parietal pleura
- parietal tuber
- parietary
- parietin
- parietosplanchnic
- parietovisceral
- parification
- parigot
- parikrama
- parilla
- parillin
- pari-mutuel
- paring knife
- parings
- pari passu