belah

[ bee-luh ]

noun

1. beefwood.

belah

/ ˈbiːlɑː /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of belah¹

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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By dint of the most extraordinary exertions on the part of the engineers, assisted gamely by the coloured sportsmen in the E.L.C., railhead was brought up to Belah by the first week in April.

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Belah had now usurped the position of Rafa as railhead and the station had been greatly enlarged by the addition of numerous sidings for the reception of the heavy trains daily arriving from Kantara.

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