dingle

Meaning

Noun

  • A small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley.

Origin

  • From Middle English dingle ("a deep hollow; dell"), from Old English *dyngel, a diminutive of Old English ding, dung, equivalent to dung + -le. Compare also dimble.
  • Related to dungeon.

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