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jezails

jezails is the plural of jezail.

Meaning of jezail

Noun

jezail (plural jezails)

  1. (historical) 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., […])...

Questions about jezails

What is jezails the plural of?
Jezails is the plural of jezail.

Words near jezails in the dictionary

  1. Jex
  2. Jexun
  3. Jeynes
  4. Jez
  5. jezail
  6. jezails
  7. jezebel
  8. Jezebel sauce
  9. Jezebelian
  10. Jezebelic
  11. Jezebelish

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