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dingle

 
Dictionary: din·gle   (dĭng'gəl) pronunciation

n.
A small wooded valley; a dell.

[Middle English, dell, hollow.]


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(DING-guhl)

noun
A deep narrow wooded valley; dell.

Etymology
Of uncertain origin

Usage
"But the dingle guards the downpours and holds them fast in its deep mud and root-webs." — Paul Evans; Country Diary: Into the Wild Woods Wenlock Edge; The Guardian (London, UK); Jul 7, 1999.


Architecture: dingle
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An obsolete term for a temporary enclosure constructed at the entrance to a building as protection against the weather.


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a small wooded hollow
  Synonym: dell


Wikipedia: Dingle (disambiguation)
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A dingle is a small enclosed valley, a diminutive form of "dell". Thus the Entmoot in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Two Towers was held in its traditional grass opening in Fangorn, Derndingle ("Treebeard," pp 82–90).

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  • Stanley Fredrick Dingle, (1901 – 1989), was a Canadian Railway man.
  • Herbert Dingle, (1890 – 1978), was an English astrophysicist.
  • Johnny Dingle, American football player
  • Dingle Mackintosh Foot, (1905-1978), was a British lawyer and politician

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