What is "jingal"

Jingal \Jin*gal"\, n. [Hind. jang[=a]l a swivel, a large musket.] A small portable piece of ordnance, mounted on a swivel.

n. A type of gun, usually a light piece mounted on a swivel, sometimes taking the form of a heavy musket fired from a rest.

A jingal, gingal or gingall , from Hindi janjal, is a type of gun, usually a light piece mounted on a swivel; frequently a form of wall gun either by design or use. It sometimes takes the form of a heavy musket fired from a rest. The weapon was used by the Chinese and Indians in the 19th century, such as by the Taiping armies. This weapon figures in Kipling's poem The Grave of the Hundred Head.