Definition of Gingal

1. n. See Jingal.

Definition of Gingal

1. Noun. (alternative form of jingal) ¹

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Definition of Gingal

1. jingal [n -S] - See also: jingal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gingal

gin fizz
gin mill
gin palace
gin palaces
gin pole
gin rickey
gin rummy
gin sling
gin up
ginas
ginchiest
ginep
ging
gingal (current term)
gingall
gingalls
gingals
gingave
ginge
gingeley
gingeleys
gingeli
gingelies
gingelis
gingelli
gingellies
gingellis
gingelly

Literary usage of Gingal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The United Service Magazine by Arthur William Alsager Pollock (1859)
"AP Pow- lett, midshipman, gingal ball through right thigh; ... William Cornfield, private RM, compound fracture of right hand by gingal bail; doing well. ..."

2. The Break-up of China: With an Account of Its Present Commerce, Currency by Charles. Beresford (1899)
"When in action, the gingal is laid along the shoulders of two men, while the third man fires it. I also saw bows and arrows. As proof of the inefficiency of ..."

3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1885)
"A gingal ball struck Wolseley on the left thigh tearing away a mass of muscle and flesh. Taylor suffered similarly, but with the more lethal addition that ..."

4. Peking and the Pekingese During the First Year of the British Embassy at Peking by David Field Rennie (1865)
"Sections of gingal-men, ten at a time, came up in single file, preceded by their ... One gingal was fired at a time. The front man bends the knee slightly, ..."

5. The Cradle of the Blue Nile: A Visit to the Court of King John of Ethiopia by Emilius Albert De Cosson (1877)
"When the natives think that they have got near enough to their quarry not to miss, they fire the gingal point blank into its side, a tremendous report ..."

6. My Journal in Malayan Waters, Or, The Blockade of Quedah by Sherard Osborn (1861)
"Passing a shallow entrance to a river, which was carefully stockaded and flanked with gingal* batteries, Captain Warren, after a short pull, found himself ..."

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