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Definition of Jezails
1. jezail [n] - See also: jezail
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jezails
Literary usage of Jezails
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Comprehensive History of India, Civil, Military and Social: From the First by Henry Beveridge (1862)
"Meanwhile the enemy had begun to ply their jezails, and thousands of the insurgents,
made aware that a battle was raging, hastened from the city across the ..."
2. History of the War in Afghanistan by John William Kaye (1858)
"They knew that their muskets were no match for the Afghan jezails. The enemy,
indeed, seemed to deride them. So having reached the hill-top, our men fixed ..."
3. The Life and Opinions of General Sir Charles James Napier, G.C.B. by Sir William Francis Patrick Napier (1857)
"Such stories had been told me of the jezails, that at Kohat, celebrated for the
manufacture of them, I bought one for six pounds; it must therefore have ..."
4. A History of the Dress of the British Soldier: From the Earliest Period to by John Luard (1852)
"But these jezails would have had no chance against experienced riflemen; and
while our troops were storming the heights, the summits would have been cleared ..."
5. Narrative of Services in Beloochistan & Affghanistan in the Years 1840, 1841 by Lewis Robert Stacy (1848)
"They were but a short time in motion before the two parties of the enemy united,
and followed the rear, firing their jezails, and venting their abuse ..."
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