'Dongola race' definitions:

Definition of 'Dongola race'

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  • Dongola \Don"go*la\, n.
  • 1. A government of Upper Egypt. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 2. same as Dongola kid.
  • Dongola kid, D. leather, leather made by the Dongola process.
  • Dongola 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.
  • Dongola race, a boat race in which the crews are composed of a number of pairs, usually of men and women. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]