Meanings
coolamon1
plural coolamons
- AustraliaA vessel with curved sides, typically of wood or bark, used by Australian Aboriginals for holding water, collecting berries etc.First known use 19th c.
Yinti was perishing for a drink of water. He fell down on the sand, and put his mouth to the coolamon.
1992, Jimmy Pike, Yinti, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 1401 more example
Wiradjuri people in New South Wales also built large dams, and then carried fish and yabbies in coolamons over large distances to stock the new waterholes.
2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 47Synonyms: pitchi
Coolamon2
- A town in the Coolamon council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
- A local government area in New South Wales, Australia; in full, Coolamon Shire.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA vessel with curved sides, typically of wood or bark, used by Australian Aboriginals for holding water, collecting berries etc.
Origin
- Gamilaraayguliman
- Englishcoolamon
From Gamilaraay guliman (and similar forms in neighbouring languages).
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