Bengal
Bengal ({not transcribed}) , proper noun
1.
A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs, animals, etc.
2.
A thin stuff, made of silk and hair, originally brought from Bengal.
3.
Striped gingham, originally brought from Bengal; Bengal stripes.
Collocations (3)
Bengal light , a firework containing niter, sulphur, and antimony, and producing a sustained and vivid colored light, used in making signals and in pyrotechnics; -- called also blue light.
Bengal stripes , a kind of cotton cloth woven with colored stripes. See Bengal, 3.