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

  • Hellier also meant tiler, for the famous Wat is described as tiler, tegheler, and hellier.

    The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909

  • In the south of England still a thatcher who _covers in_ a house is called a "hellier."

    The Gospel of the Hereafter 1892

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