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plural goles
(British India) The main body of an army in array; a clustered body of troops; an irregular squadron of horsemen. quotations examples
About this time a large gole of horsemen came on towards me, and I proposed to charge; but as they turned at once from the fire of the guns, and as there was a nullah in front, I refrained from advancing after them.
1849, Brigadier Lockwood, Report of 2nd Cavalry Division at Battle of Goojerat