aul

Definitions

1. A village encampment in the Caucasus, Central Asia or the Southern Urals.
2. Obsolete spelling of awl.
   alt-of, obsolete
3. A surname.

Equivalents

Examples

“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⟳.”

“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.”

“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.”

“[…] and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul […]”

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