jingal

American  

[jin-gawl] / ˈdʒɪn gɔl /

Or gingal,

noun

1. a large musket fired from a rest, often mounted on a carriage: formerly used in India, China, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of jingal

1810–20; < Hindi janjāl, variant of janjār

Example Sentences

And whenever Hersey needs an idea and can't find one�it happens all the time�he uses a big word instead: cangue, coffle, fulvous, hame, jingal, liripipe, m�tayer, panyar, purlin, psora, shroff, sycee.*

From Time Magazine Archive

"They must have drawn the jingal farther back into the jungle."

From Jack Haydon's Quest by Jellicoe, John

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 The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition by Kipling, Rudyard

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 Candler, Edmund

The jingal was fired no more, the musketry had dropped, and the stillness remained perfectly unbroken.

From Jack Haydon's Quest by Jellicoe, John