dingle
[ding-guh l]
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, undergrowthExamples 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
Anon I heard a boisterous shout, which seemed to proceed from the entrance of the dingle.
LavengroGeorge Borrow
On arriving at the extremity of the plain, I looked towards the dingle.
The Romany RyeGeorge Borrow
Passing on, I proceeded to the spring, where I filled the kettle, and then returned to the dingle.
The Romany RyeGeorge Borrow
Now, you had better go down to the brook in the dingle and have a drink.
Beautiful JoeMarshall Saunders
And now in the broad daylight I was half afraid to examine the dingle.
DarielR. D. Blackmore
dingle
noun
Word Origin for dingle
C13: of uncertain origin
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