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語源

From 中期英語 heliere, helyare, helyer, hillyer, equivalent to hele (“to conceal, hide; to cover”) +‎ -ier.

名詞

hellier (plural helliers)

1. (obsolete) One who heles or covers; hence, a tiler, slater, or thatcher.
   • a. 1655, James Ussher, An Answer to a Challenge made by a Jesuit in Ireland:

     he that covereth the house with tile or slate, is from thence commonly called a hellier

参照

• “hellier”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.