gole

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See also: golé, golę, gołe, góle, and Göle

English

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Etymology

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Particularly: “Hobson-Jobson: P.—H. ghol; perhaps a confusion with the Arab. jaul (gaul), 'a troop': .”

Noun

gole (plural goles)

  1. (British India) The main body of an army in array; a clustered body of troops; an irregular squadron of horsemen.
    • 1849, Brigadier Lockwood, Report of 2nd Cavalry Division at Battle of Goojerat:
      About this time a large gole of horsemen came on towards me, and I proposed to charge; but as they turned at once from the fire of the guns, and as there was a nullah in front, I refrained from advancing after them.

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Asturian

Verb

gole

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of golar

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin gula.

Noun

gole f (plural golis)

  1. (anatomy) throat
  2. (figurative) wish, desire

Italian

Noun

gole f

  1. plural of gola

Anagrams

Lower Sorbian

Etymology 1

Noun

gole n

  1. Superseded spelling of góle.

Etymology 2

Noun

gole

  1. Superseded spelling of góle.

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

gole

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of gol

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Reduced from engolir (“to swallow”)

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: go‧le

Noun

gole m (plural goles)

  1. gulp
  2. sip
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