Aul
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /aʊl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Aul is a noun meaning A village encampment in the Caucasus, Central Asia or the Southern Urals.
Meaning
A village encampment in the Caucasus, Central Asia or the Southern Urals.
More Meanings
- Alternative form of auld.
- Obsolete spelling of awl.
Example Sentences
[…] and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul […]
His sorrel face, his long narrow eyes and dusty boots, where he goes on his travels and what really transpires inside the lonely hide tents Out There, among the auls, out in that wind, these are mysteries they don’t care to enter or touch.
Crossing the large plateau, they passed the auls of Megeb and Chokh before reaching Gunib, a significant Avar settlement. […] The Avar auls were surrounded by a virtually uninterrupted circle of mountain ranges and occupied most of the plateaus between the tributaries of the Sulak River: Andi Koysu, Avar Koysu and Kara Koysu.
Bitter fighting took place for Gimry, the home both of Khadzhi-Murat and Shamil. A highway ran along here, which permitted us to bring up artillery and to subject the aul to preliminary bombardment. We did not fire at any specific target, but if even half of our thirteen hundred shells had landed there, there would have been only a heap of ruins in place of the aul.
Word Forms
- auls
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include selo, sultan, kaluga, stanitsa.
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