jingal
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of jingal
1810–20; < Hindi janjāl, variant of janjār
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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
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 Rudyard Kipling
The jingal was fired no more, the musketry had dropped, and the stillness remained perfectly unbroken.
From Jack Haydon's Quest by John Jellicoe
Say, Jack," murmured Buck, "you'd better get your Bisley bull's-eye trick on that jingal again.
From Jack Haydon's Quest by John Jellicoe
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