dingle

[ ding-guhl ]
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noun
  1. a deep, narrow cleft between hills; shady dell.

Origin of dingle

1
1200–50; Middle English: a deep dell, hollow; akin to Old English dung dungeon, Old High German tunc cellar

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How to use dingle in a sentence

  • How much she had become part of his life in the dingle he did not seem to realise until after she had left him.

    The Life of George Borrow | Herbert Jenkins

British Dictionary definitions for dingle

dingle

/ (ˈdɪŋɡəl) /


noun
  1. a small wooded dell

Origin of dingle

1
C13: of uncertain origin

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