Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A roofer; a tiler or slater.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete One who heles or covers; hence, a tiler, slater, or thatcher.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete One who
heles or covers; hence, a tiler, slater, or thatcher.
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Examples
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Hellier also meant tiler, for the famous Wat is described as tiler, tegheler, and hellier.
The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909
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In the south of England still a thatcher who _covers in_ a house is called a "hellier."
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