jezail
UK/dʒəˈzʌɪl/
jezail noun: an Afghan matchlock or flintlock musket fired from a forked rest.
Noun
jezail (plural jezails)
- An Afghan matchlock or flintlock musket fired from a forked rest.
- There I was struck on the shoulder by a Jezail bullet, which shattered the bone and grazed the subclavian artery.1887, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “A Study in Scarlet”, in Beeton’s Christmas Annual, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward, Lock & Co., part I (Being a reprint from the reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., […])...
- Those deadly, long-barrelled jezails, which once wrought such slaughter among the British redcoats, had as their modern counterparts the heat-seeking Stinger, which proved so lethal against Russian helicopter-gunships.1998, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 9
Forms of jezail
| plural | jezails |
|---|---|
| alternative form | jazail |
| alternative form | juzail |
Origin of jezail
Borrowed from Persian جزایل (jazâ'îl).
Questions about jezail
- What does jezail mean?
- Jezail means an Afghan matchlock or flintlock musket fired from a forked rest.
- What part of speech is jezail?
- Jezail is a noun.
- How do you pronounce jezail?
- Jezail is pronounced /dʒəˈzʌɪl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of jezail?
- The plural of jezail is jezails.
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