Definition of Dingle

1. Noun. A small wooded hollow.

Exact synonyms: Dell
Generic synonyms: Holler, Hollow

Definition of Dingle

1. n. A narrow dale; a small dell; a small, secluded, and embowered valley.

Definition of Dingle

1. Proper noun. A harbour town in County Kerry Ireland, and the peninsular on which it stands. ¹

2. Noun. A small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dingle

1. a dell [n -S] - See also: dell

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dingle

dingers
dinges
dingeses
dingey
dingeys
dinghies
dinghy
dingier
dingies
dingiest
dingily
dinginess
dinginesses
dinging
dingle
dingle-dangle
dingle runs
dingleberries
dinglehopper
dinglehoppers
dingles
dingo
dingoes
dingos
dings
dingthrift
dingthrifts

Literary usage of Dingle

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

1. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain by Bernard Burke (1862)
"Ide et fortitudine. , Dingle, co. Kerry. a GINS OF SKELLOW GRANGE. 8, GODFREY, Esq. of Skellow Grange, co. P. and DL, 6. 9 July, 18011 /. his father ..."

2. Black's Guide to Ireland by Adam and Charles Black (Firm), E. D. Jordan (1900)
"FROM KILLARNEY TO Dingle Thtre are, as is shown above, alternative ways of getting to Killarney from Parknasilla. The worst for cyclists, and the dullest is ..."

3. Bibliotheca Cornubiensis: A Catalogue of the Writings, Both Manuscript and by George Clement Boase, William Prideaux Courtney (1882)
"By E. Dingle. Verses. A leaflet. My Lord and God. By E. Dingle. Verses. ... Mr. Dingle is the inventor of a Hand Dib- bler for wheat, mangolds, turnips, &c. ..."

4. A Hand Book for Travellers in Ireland: Descriptive of Its Scenery, Towns by James Fraser (1844)
"Except around Dingle, Ventry, and several other detached points, the soil is poor, the greater portion of the surface of the uplands consisting of moorland ..."

5. Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, &c. by Samuel Carter Hall (1841)
"Take, for example, a sketch in Dingle Bay. The mail-coach road from Tralee to Limerick passes through the ..."

6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1858)
"On the Fossils of the Dingle District. ... being respectively at Sibyl's Head on the north, and at tho Bull's Head promontory cast of Dingle, on the south. ..."

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