Definition of "gingalls" [gingalls]

• Plural form of gingall. (noun)

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• "Each officer having soldiers under him traverses at intervals during the night every street under his jurisdiction, and these armed followers, whether to intimidate criminals or to show their vigilance, are in the habit of discharging their old-fashioned matchlocks and gingalls as they patrol."
• "Chinese garrison, a few of whose harmless gingalls were stuck up at the angles to intimidate rather than to wound."
• "There was then no longer the least hope of restraining the Chinese, so the whole of the party spurred their horses and escaped to the English army under a heavy but ineffectual fire from matchlocks and gingalls."