noun
- Plural of hilloo; a loud shout or call, especially one used to attract attention or drive animals.
Usage: archaic; variant spelling of halloo
Examples
- The hunters gave loud hilloes to signal each other across the field.
- The farmer's hilloes echoed across the valley as he called his dogs.
- With repeated hilloes, they tried to scare the birds away from the crops.
- The hilloes of the fox hunters could be heard for miles.
- He let out a series of hilloes to get the attention of the distant workers.