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Goyal
In Arthur Conan Doyle's "Hound of the Baskervilles" (1901) he uses the word "goyal" in Chapter 2. The meaning is pretty clear from the context:
"...a deep dip or goyal, as we call it, upon the moor..."
What puzzles me is that "goyal" appears in none of the dictionaries on the web.
Anyone have an OED to check? Or is this just an expression local to Devonshire?
Thanks in advance.
"...a deep dip or goyal, as we call it, upon the moor..."
What puzzles me is that "goyal" appears in none of the dictionaries on the web.
Anyone have an OED to check? Or is this just an expression local to Devonshire?
Thanks in advance.
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[nq:1]In Arthur Conan Doyle's "Hound of the Baskervilles" (1901) he uses the word "goyal" in Chapter 2. The meaning is ... the dictionaries on the web.
- [nq:1]In Arthur Conan Doyle's "Hound of the Baskervilles" (1901) he uses the word "goyal" in Chapter 2.
- The meaning is ...
- the dictionaries on the web.
- Anyone have an OED to check?
- [/nq] NSOED has it as dialect, also (earlier) "goyle", early 17th century, (origin unknown), a deep gully, a ravine.
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[nq:1]In Arthur Conan Doyle's "Hound of the Baskervilles" (1901) he uses the word "goyal" in Chapter 2. The meaning is ... the dictionaries on the web. Anyone have an OED to check? Or is this just an expression local to Devonshire?[/nq]
NSOED has it as dialect, also (earlier) "goyle", early 17th century, (origin unknown), a deep gully, a ravine.
NSOED has it as dialect, also (earlier) "goyle", early 17th century, (origin unknown), a deep gully, a ravine.
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