English
hallier
Hallier comes from English hale ‘to pull’.
- English1500–presenthale‘to pull’
- Englishearliest quotation 1782hallier
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presenthale‘to pull’
- Englishearliest quotation 1782hallier
Earliest quotation: 1782, The Sportsman's Dictionary:: “[Y]ou must make two plain halliers to accompany the…”
Every English word from English hale
Today it means
noun A kind of net for catching birds.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English hale / hallier