Definitions for jingal

jingal jin·gal

Spelling: [jin-gawl]
IPA: /ˈdʒɪn gɔl/

Jingal is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 86 anagrams from letters in jingal (agijln).

Definitions for jingal

noun

  1. a large musket fired from a rest, often mounted on a carriage: formerly used in India, China, etc.

Origin of jingal

1810-20; Hindi janjāl, variant of janjār

Examples for jingal

The jingal, for instance, is a delightful weapon at that range.

Every jingal, musket, and rifle in the jong was then loosed off in any and every direction.

But normally, in the latter stages of its flight, the jingal bullet lets you know it is coming.

From near the top of this ridge a jingal soon began firing, and kept up an intermittent cannonade for several hours.

"Say, I fancy I see a bunch of 'em just beyond the jingal," said Buck.

There was a second crack, and the freebooter dropped under the jingal and never moved.

In the event of a rapid retreat the jingal remains to become the spoil of the captor.

But with the pressure upon the trigger the barrel of the Chinese jingal deviated slightly in the same direction.

Some jingal bullets did on occasion fall fairly near the bridge, and one mule was actually hit in the act of crossing.

The enemy kept up a continuous but ineffectual fire from the ridge, none of their jingal bullets falling anywhere near us.

Word Value for jingal
Scrable

14

Words with friends

19

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