hamal

The star was called Hamal by the Arabs, signifying a sheep, and the animal is represented as looking backwards.
The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'|Thomas Orchard
A hamal's carrying capacity may therefore be expressed, after this experience, as equal to a half horse-power.
Turkey|Julius R. Van Millingen
The Pasha told the Hamal to go away and come back in a week; in the meantime he would see what he could do for him.
Told in the Coffee House|Cyrus Adler
She whispered to me, after the play: "Isidore and Alfred de Hamal are both here!"
The Worlds Greatest Books|Arthur Mee, J. A. Hammerton, Eds.

Hamal lies near the path of the moon, and is one of the stars from which longitude is reckoned.
A Field Book of the Stars|William Tyler Olcott

British Dictionary definitions for hamal

hamal

hammal or hamaul

/ (həˈmɑːl) /

noun

(in Middle Eastern countries) a porter, bearer, or servant

Word Origin for hamal

from Arabic hamala to carry

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