stringy-bark
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Their koolimans were very large, almost like small boats, and were made of the inner layer of the bark of the stringy-bark tree.
From Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 by Leichhardt, Ludwig
He made a spring for the back of the hut and through it, taking down a large new sheet of stringy-bark in his flight.
From While the Billy Boils by Lawson, Henry
Where the brooding old ridge rises up to the breeze From his dark lonely gullies of stringy-bark trees, There are voice-haunted gaps, ever sullen and strange, But Eurunderee lies like a gem in the range.
From In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses by Lawson, Henry
We passed much splendid splitting timber on our way yesterday, stringy-bark and other trees I don't know the names of, but useful timber.
From McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia by McKinlay, John
The two-roomed house is built of round timber, slabs, and stringy-bark, and floored with split slabs.
From While the Billy Boils by Lawson, Henry
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