Coolamon
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Coolamon is a noun meaning (Australia) A vessel with curved sides, typically of wood or bark, used by Australian Aboriginals for holding water, collecting berries etc.
Meaning
(Australia) A vessel with curved sides, typically of wood or bark, used by Australian Aboriginals for holding water, collecting berries etc.
Example Sentences
Yinti was perishing for a drink of water. He fell down on the sand, and put his mouth to the coolamon.
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.
Word Forms
- coolamons
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cowal, corocore, crayboat, catamaran, coracle, umiak.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.