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gingall, jingall|ˈdʒɪngɔːl|
Also gingal, -jal(l, jingal, -gol, -jal(l.
[ad. Hind. janjāl.]
A heavy musket fired from a rest; or a light gun mounted on a swivel, sometimes on a carriage. Used in China and India.
1818Elphinstone in Sir T. E. Colebrook Life (1884) II. 31 There is much and good sniping from matchlocks and gingals. 1829J. Shipp Mem. III. 40 They fired their long ginjalls, which kill a mile off. 1841Ann. Reg. 253 Exposed to a heavy fire from the guns and gingals [of the Chinese]. 1864Daily Tel. 15 Aug., Your Talookdar..lived in a mud fort, mounted with jingalls and wall-cannon. 1878W. H. G. Kingston Mate of ‘Lily’ iii. 67 We had several on either side of us blazing away with their gingalls.
b. Short for gingall-ball.
1879Low Afghan War i. 100*, I picked up a five pound shot and a six ounce jinjall both of hammered iron.
c. attrib., as gingall-ball, gingall-battery, gingall-fire.
1834T. Medwin Angler in Wales II. 57 He fell dead by a ‘gingall’ ball. 1857S. Osborn Quedah xv. 201 The gingal battery fired away manfully. 1880E. Oppert Forbid. L. viii. 255 The barrels, about one foot and a half long, threw a good-sized gingall-ball. 1884A. Forbes Chinese Gordon ii. 47 The gunners were covered from musket and gingall fire by large wooden mantlets. |