kiley

American  

[kahy-lee] / ˈkaɪ li /

noun

Australian.

plural

kileys

1. kylie.

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kiley British  

/ ˈkaɪlɪ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of kylie

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Example Sentences

One of them had a kiley, or boomerang, and each carried a rude hatchet of stone.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. by Stokes, John Lort

Perhaps as fine a sight as can be seen in the whole circle of native sports is the killing cockatoos with the kiley, or boomerang.

From Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 by Grey, George

They had no weapon, save one kiley or boomerang, and bowed down until they almost kissed the water.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. by Stokes, John Lort

One of the natives seen to-day had with him a kiley, so different in shape to any we had previously seen that I preserved a sketch of it.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. by Stokes, John Lort