belah

American  

[bee-luh] / ˈbi lə /

noun

1. beefwood.

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belah British  

/ ˈbiːlɑː /

noun

1. an Australian casuarina tree, Casuarina glauca , yielding a useful timber

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Etymology

Origin of belah

First recorded in 1860–65, belah is from the Wiradjuri word bilārr

Example Sentences

A railway line was also laid from Deir el Belah to the Wadi Ghuzze, close behind the sector held by another portion of the eastern force.

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Preparations had also to be made and the necessary material accumulated to push forward the lines from Deir el Belah and Shellal.

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On the night of 11th June a demonstration was taken part in against Outpost Hill to assist a trench raid by the 5th K.O.S.B. against Belah Post.

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The railway had to be brought up from Belah, no easy task in the rainy season; for if laying the line across the desert had been difficult, it was infinitely worse building it from Belah across the Shephaleh to the British line.

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While it was down all traffic beyond Belah was necessarily suspended and troops coming up the line from Kantara were often three weeks on the journey to their respective units.

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