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Definition of Gingals
1. gingal [n] - See also: gingal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gingals
Literary usage of Gingals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. China and the Allies by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1901)
"... on the native city—Troops taking part in the operations and their respective
positions—Chinese quick-firing guns and modern rifles—gingals—The defenders ..."
2. The Second Burmese War: A Narrative of the Operations at Rangoon, in 1852 by William Ferguson Beatson Laurie (1853)
"In the Stockade opposite the Town.. 30 8 16 24 . Guns 6 gingals. ... 2 Total Guns
54 „ gingals 32 Grand Total .. ... 86 (Signed) W. MAYHEW, Captain, ..."
3. Things Chinese: Or, Notes Connected with China by James Dyer Ball (1904)
"... by their own soldiers of rifles and modern arms, they proceeded to cast
thousands of gingals, so as to provide their army with them and ensure victory. ..."
4. The Break-up of China: With an Account of Its Present Commerce, Currency by Charles. Beresford (1899)
"There was a rifle-factory here turning out good rifles, Mauser pattern, but the
arsenal was turning out two gingals for every rifle made. ..."
5. Peking and the Pekingese During the First Year of the British Embassy at Peking by David Field Rennie (1865)
"They marched two and two, in sections of twenty gingals, each section preceded
by a large black banner with a white border. The sections were further ..."
6. The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany (1825)
"... nothing larger than gingals, or small pieces,, have been found with them. ...
Iron gingals, unserviceable—9. Of the above guns, 5 brass and 5 inm were ..."
7. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1844)
"... twenty-eight guns of different sizes, and numberless gingals were also planted
on the city walls, principally towards the sea. time. ..."
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