agal
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of agal
1850–55; < dialectal Arabic ʿagāl, variant of ʿiqāl cord, rope
Example Sentences
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One of the women tosses toward the men an "agal," the black rope worn by Saudi men over their traditional checkered head cloths.
From US News • Aug. 7, 2015
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