dholl

English

Noun

dholl (countable and uncountable, plural dholls)

1. Obsolete form of dal (“pigeon pea”).
   • 1870, Henry Letheby, On Food, page 22:

     The next class of farinaceous foods are the Pulses, as peas, beans, and lentils of this country, and the dholls and grams of India.

   • 1901 April 12, “District Reports”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record‎^[1], volume 4, number 3, page 68:

     As a reviver for exhausted soils dholl is one of the most effective things that can be grown on the Coast Lands.