Dictionary entry

Dongola

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Don″go‐la (?), n. 1. A government of Upper Egypt.

2. Dongola kid.

Dongola kid, D. leather, leather made by the Dongola process. — D. process, a process of tanning goatskin, and now also calfskin and sheepskin, with a combination of vegetable and mineral agents, so that it resembles kid. — D. race, a boat race in which the crews are composed of a number of pairs, usually of men and women.