Past tense of halloa; shouted or yelled loudly to attract attention or direct someone or something.
From halloa plus past tense suffix -ed; the regular past tense formation of the verb halloa, used in 18th and 19th century hunting and maritime narratives.
Hunters halloaed across fields to communicate with each other and their dogs—in a time before whistles and radios, your voice and its volume were your only technology!
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