Definition of "goyal" [goyal]

• A ravine or other depression. (noun)

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• "The most of them would by no means advance, but three of them, the boldest, or it may be the most drunken, rode forward down the goyal."
• "These, though known for their valour and their breed, were whimpering in a cluster at the head of a deep dip or goyal, as we call it, upon the moor, some slinking away and some, with starting hackles and staring eyes, gazing down the narrow valley before them."
• "This valley, or goyal, as we term it, being small for a valley, lies to the west of Linton, about a mile from the town perhaps, and away towards Ley Manor."