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

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

Say, boys," murmured Risley, "no wonder this jingal makes the poor old door crack.

From Jack Haydon's Quest by Jellicoe, John

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

It was that Chinese hip-shot which is practised with jingal and matchlock in the native hunting, and which these Northern Chinese can with difficulty unlearn.

From Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation by Putnam Weale, B. L. (Bertram Lenox)