a large musket fired from a rest, often mounted on a carriage: formerly used in India, China, etc
Also: gingal, gingall
Word origin
[1810–20; ‹ Hindi janjāl, var. of janjār]This word is first recorded in the period 1810–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: dominance, dynamic, technique, triangulation, zombie