dingle

[ding-guh l]

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noun

a deep, narrow cleft between hills; shady dell.

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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Related Words for dingle

gorge, canyon, basin, plain, lowland, thicket, scrub, glen, dale, bottom, dell, trough, channel, notch, depression, dingle, swale, vale, shrubbery, undergrowth

Examples from the Web for dingle

Contemporary Examples of dingle

The result is that Dingle now faces a 23-count federal indictment.
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Ben Jacobs
December 3, 2014

Historical Examples of dingle

Anon I heard a boisterous shout, which seemed to proceed from the entrance of the dingle.
Lavengro
George Borrow
On arriving at the extremity of the plain, I looked towards the dingle.
The Romany Rye
George Borrow
Passing on, I proceeded to the spring, where I filled the kettle, and then returned to the dingle.
The Romany Rye
George Borrow
Now, you had better go down to the brook in the dingle and have a drink.
Beautiful Joe
Marshall Saunders
And now in the broad daylight I was half afraid to examine the dingle.
Dariel
R. D. Blackmore

British Dictionary definitions for dingle

dingle

noun

a small wooded dell

Word Origin for dingle

C13: of uncertain origin

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Word Origin and History for dingle

"deep dell or hollow, usually wooded," mid-13c., of unknown origin; a dialectal word until it entered literary use 17c.