dingle
[ding-guh l]
noun
a deep, narrow cleft between hills; shady dell.
RELATED WORDS
gorge, canyon, basin, plain, lowland, thicket, scrub, glen, dale, bottom, dell, trough, channel, notch, depression, swale, vale, shrubbery, undergrowth, grove
Origin of dingle
1200–50; Middle English: a deep dell, hollow; akin to Old English dung dungeon, Old High German tunc cellar
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Examples from the Web for dingle
Contemporary Examples of dingle
The result is that Dingle now faces a 23-count federal indictment.
Historical Examples of dingle
She refrained from opening it, but, taking it down to the dingle, she flung it into the deepest pool in the brook.
A Patriotic SchoolgirlAngela Brazil
Darkness was now coming again over the earth; the dingle was again in deep shade.
Isopel BernersGeorge Borrow
Belle then departed and I returned to the dingle, where, seating myself on my stone, I remained for upwards of an hour in thought.
Isopel BernersGeorge Borrow
For over two hours Dingle reconnoitered the flat-boat, and all the time kept himself carefully concealed from it.
The Frontier AngelEdward S. Ellis
In the very deepest part of the dingle was a stream of water falling from a rock.
The Fairchild FamilyMary Martha Sherwood
dingle
noun
Word Origin for dingle
C13: of uncertain origin
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