Hielaman

A hielaman or hielamon is an Australian Aboriginal shield. Traditionally such a shield was made from bark or wood, but in some parts of Australia such as Queensland the word is used to refer to any generic shield.

References

Oxford Dictionary of English, 2nd Edition Revised
Aboriginal Words in Australian English, Hiroyuki Yokose, 2001.

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