A hielaman or hielamon is an Australian Aboriginal shield. Traditionally such a shield was made from bark or wood, but in some parts of Australia such as Queensland the word is used to refer to any generic shield.
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- Oxford Dictionary of English, 2nd Edition Revised
- Aboriginal Words in Australian English, Hiroyuki Yokose, 2001.
The original article can be found at Hielaman and the edit history here.