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ˈriggal Obs. exc. dial.
Also 6 rigall, 7 riggall, riggald, 9 dial. riggle.
[ad. F. rigole: see rigol n. and regal n.3]
1. A groove in wood or stone.
1555in Hardwicke Misc. State Papers (1778) I. 71 The handle of the same [saw] is kept in a rigall of wood from swerving. 1609Holland Amm. Marcell. xxiii. iv. 221 There lyeth foorth farther out a fouresquare beame or spire, made hollow with a direct and streight passage of a narrow riggall or trough. 1639in J. J. Cartwright Chapters Hist. Yorks. (1872) 339 A great waightie block wth riggalds for those ribbs to shoote in. 1886[see regal n.3].
†2. A ring-like mark. Obs. rare—1.
1714Lond. Gaz. No. 5233/4 Two white Riggals round her Ears. |