DCHP-2
kooleta(h) Various spellings [< Esk.; cf. Coronation Gulf qulitaq] North DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
THIS ENTRY MAY CONTAIN OUTDATED INFORMATION, TERMS and EXAMPLES
n.
a hooded outer garment of fur or other material.
See also: atigi (def. 2) kuletuk (def. 1)
- 1882 In cold or wintry weather, when out of doors, the native puts on another coat, called a koo'-lee-tar, which is made of skin with heavier fur, from the animal killed in the fall.
- 1922 I did secure for my own wear a much-worn kooletah (hooded coat) and an old pair of deerskin trousers. . . .
- 1939 These primitive people, dressed in sealskin and eider-duck kulitas, were very friendly.
- 1882 In cold or wintry weather, when out of doors, the native puts on another coat, called a koo'-lee-tar, which is made of skin with heavier fur, from the animal killed in the fall.