Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large swivel-musket or wall-piece used in the East by the natives. It is fired from a rest and is sometimes mounted on a carriage. The Chinese use jingals extensively.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun India A small portable piece of ordnance, mounted on a swivel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A type of
gun , usually a light piece mounted on aswivel , sometimes taking the form of a heavymusket fired from arest .
Etymologies
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Examples
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By the way jingal, don't ask the Federal Government for NOTHING,
Louisiana governor critical of oil spill response efforts 2010
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I'm waiting for jingal to turn this into a political ploy for his party.
Louisiana governor critical of oil spill response efforts 2010
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"Some elephants and camels": indeed I remember Ionnis suggesting to field some jingal elephants and zamberk camels in Prussian service a gift of the Sultan, as a token of anti-Empresses sympathy.
Things Are Looking Up Der Alte Fritz 2009
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Graham was hit by a ball from a jingal fired from the ramparts.
Archive 2008-08-01 legatus hedlius 2008
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Graham was hit by a ball from a jingal fired from the ramparts.
Major General Sir Gerald Graham VC legatus hedlius 2008
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A week ago he'd been damning his coolies for useless, but now he was in a desperate fret for their welfare — they were to carry in the scaling ladders in the teeth of cannon, jingal-fire, spears, stinkpots and whatever else the Manchoos were hurling from the walls, and Temple, the ass, was determined to go in with them.
Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985
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The jingal-men were firing volleys from the bridge, the ugly mandarin rushing about in the smoke, exhorting 'em to aim low for the honour of old Pekin High School, no doubt.
Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985
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A week ago he'd been damning his coolies for useless, but now he was in a desperate fret for their welfare - they were to carry in the scaling ladders in the teeth of cannon, jingal-fire, spears, stinkpots and whatever else the Manchoos were hurling from the walls, and Temple, the ass, was determined to go in with them.
Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985
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We passed through Chang-kia-wan again, in a solid phalanx with the Sikh sowars around us, thrusting by main force through streets choked with jingal-men and Tiger soldiers who sneered and spat but kept their distance from those razor-sharp lance-heads.
Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985
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The jingal-men were firing volleys from the bridge, the ugly mandarin rushing about in the smoke, exhorting 'em to aim low for the honour of old Pekin High School, no doubt.
Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985
bilby commented on the word jingal
Pull the other one, it fires jingal balls.
June 14, 2016