dingle

[ ding-guhl ]
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noun
  1. a deep, narrow cleft between hills; shady dell.

Origin of dingle

1
1200–50; Middle English: a deep dell, hollow; akin to Old English dung dungeon, Old High German tunc cellar

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How to use dingle in a sentence

  • A real forest it is—six hundred acres in extent, and varied by steep declivities, wild dells, and tangled dingles.

  • Without admitting Dingles claim at all, we considered a settlement the easiest way.

    The Boss of Wind River | David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
  • There the price of lumber had been boosted sky-high, and this destroyed Dingles profits on contracts he had undertaken.

    The Boss of Wind River | David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
  • The howling of the winds in the cwms and dingles which run down the p. 13mountain on every side was really appalling.

    The Cambrian Sketch-Book | R. Rice Davies
  • The losses in the 157th, in what is known as the Dingles Mill fight, were five killed and seven wounded.

    Company G | A. R. (Albert Rowe) Barlow

British Dictionary definitions for dingle

dingle

/ (ˈdɪŋɡəl) /


noun
  1. a small wooded dell

Origin of dingle

1
C13: of uncertain origin

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