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Definition of Dingle
1. Noun. A small wooded 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
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. ..."