chagul

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Noun

chagul (plural chaguls)

  1. A traditional leather waterbag made from goatskin, primarily used in India.
    • 1907, Great Britain, War Office, General Staff, Official History of the Operations in Somaliland, 1901-04, Volume 2, page 436:
      Both nose-bags (two) and chagul were empty, and his day and a half rations eaten; therefore this man had started at the nice steadying weight of over 19 stone on an Indian countrybred.