Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of jingal.
Examples
“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.”
“Large bodies of infantry and gingall-men were seen marching from all quarters to the town.”
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The Aubrey/Maturin List I'm Gonna Mak...
I'm wading through Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels one by one, and someday, I'll wade through them again and list all the words I learned while reading them.
Edit: I started ma...studdingsail, carronade, mumchance, grumlin-futtocks, crosscat-harpings, holystone, sennit, orlop, orchitis, negus, kevel, altumal and 1112 more...
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chained_bear "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) Mar 6, 2008