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- noun Alternative spelling of
jingal .
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Examples
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Of shallow draught, and of size varying in accordance with the waters they are destined to patrol, I have seen them as large as twenty tons and as small as a skiff, having an old flint gingall mounted forrard with all the circumstance of a 12-inch gun.
Life and sport in China Second Edition Oliver George Ready
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Large bodies of infantry and gingall-men were seen marching from all quarters to the town.
China Demetrius Charles Boulger 1890
chained_bear commented on the word gingall
"As he spoke a swivel-gun and a gingall flashed aboard the proa. The gun's half-pound ball kicked up earth on the breastwork; the gingall's bullet—probably a rounded stone—passed overhead with a wavering howl."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Nutmeg of Consolation, 40
A Sea of Words: "A heavy musket fired from a rest or a light gun mounted on a swivel, sometimes on a carriage. Used primarily in China and India." (214)
March 6, 2008