jingal
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of jingal
1810–20; < Hindi janjāl, variant of janjār
Example Sentences
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From near the top of this ridge a jingal soon began firing, and kept up an intermittent cannonade for several hours.
From To Lhassa at Last by Powell Millington
The men of the First Shikaris Marched till the break of day, Till they came to the rebel village, The village of Pabengmay— A jingal covered the clearing, Calthrops hampered the way.
From Departmental Ditties and Barrack Room Ballads by Rudyard Kipling
The reserve companies of Gurkhas and Fusiliers were sent across from Palla in the face of very heavy jingal and rifle fire, and took cover in the houses we had occupied.
From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Edmund Candler
The enemy kept up a continuous but ineffectual fire from the ridge, none of their jingal bullets falling anywhere near us.
From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Edmund Candler
"They must have drawn the jingal farther back into the jungle."
From Jack Haydon's Quest by John Jellicoe
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