Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An African snake (Hemachatus haemachatus) that spits venom at the eyes of an attacker, sometimes causing blindness. Also called spitting cobra.
Wiktionary
- n. Alternative form of rinkhals.
WordNet 3.0
- n. highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet
Etymologies
- Obsolete Afrikaans : ring, ring (from Middle Dutch rinc; see sker-2 in Indo-European roots) + hals, neck (from Middle Dutch; see kwel-1 in Indo-European roots). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“They leapt to do his bidding, and presently discovered the _ringhals_ in its hole.”
“To it, or rather to her hand, was hanging a great hooded snake of the cobra variety such as the Boers call _ringhals_.”
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