tunal

They found it easily, for it was made of white shell sand; and following it, struck into a "tunal," or belt of tall thorny cactuses.

Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth Charles Kingsley 1847

Not "atonal" at all, but At-tunal, which means "Water-Sun" in Nawat, the language of the Pipil, who are indigenous to El Salvador.

Archive 2006-10-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2006

On they came, a long thin line of men of England to that secret path through the tunal.

Sir Mortimer Mary Johnston 1903

Back to their fortress rode the Spaniards, up the bare, steep, pallid hillside, through the tunal, past their strong battery; back to the town rode the English, who with the punctilio of the occasion had accompanied their foes to the base of the hill.

Sir Mortimer Mary Johnston 1903

The light fell from the hilltop, a solitary trumpet blew, and forth from that guarded opening in the tunal rode De Guardiola on his pale horse, and at his back ten Spanish gentlemen.

Sir Mortimer Mary Johnston 1903

So often had he looked upon it that now, despite the night, he saw with precision the squat, white walls, the dark sweep of the encircling tunal, and, strong clasp for that thorny girdle, the too formidable battery defending the one apparent opening.

Sir Mortimer Mary Johnston 1903

Presently Ferne turned, and a few moments found them climbing the long western slope of the hill, above them the dim outline of the fortress, the dark fringe of the tunal.

Sir Mortimer Mary Johnston 1903

The tunal grew a dark smudge, drawn by a wizard forefinger around De Guardiola, his men-at-arms, the silver bars and the gold crescents from Guiana.

Sir Mortimer Mary Johnston 1903

They in the rear of the first upon that frail bridge, unable to stay their steps, plunged also into the trench; those who were latest to clear the tunal surged forward in consternation and confusion.

Sir Mortimer Mary Johnston 1903

Before the fortress, slumberous also, couched the long, low fortification of stone and earthwork commanding in its turn the road through the tunal.

Sir Mortimer Mary Johnston 1903