dholl

English edit

dholl (countable and uncountable, plural dholls)

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.