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Definition of Gingal
1. n. See Jingal.
Definition of Gingal
1. Noun. (alternative form of jingal) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gingal
1. jingal [n -S] - See also: jingal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gingal
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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