masculine, neuter
Aggaḷa and Aggaḷā (feminine) (also occasionally with °l-.) [cf. Sanskrit argala and argalā to areg to protect, ward off, secure etc., as in Anglo-Saxon reced house; aleg in Sanskrit rakṣati to protect, Greek ἀλέξω the same, Anglo-Saxon ealh temple. Cf. also °areq in Greek ὰρκέο = Latin arceo, Orcus, Old High German rigil bolt.] a contrivance to fasten anything for security or obstruction:1. a bolt or cross-bar Vin I 290; D I 89 (°ṃ ākoṭeti to knock upon the cross-bar; a. = kavāṭa Sv I 252); A IV 359 (the same); S. IV 290; A I 101 = 137 = IV 231. (phusit° with fastened bolts, securely shut Thag 385 (the same); Vin IV 47; Ja V 293 (°ṃ uppīḷeti to lift up the cross-bar.2. a strip of cloth for strengthening a dress etc., a gusset Vin I 290 (+ tunna), 392 (Sp V 1128); Ja I 8 (+ tunna) VI 71 (°ṃ datvā); Vin IV 121. -dāna putting in a gusset Ja I 8; -phalaka the post or board, in which the cross-bar is fixed (cf. °vaṭṭi) M III 95; -vaṭṭi = °phalaka Vin II 120, 148; -sūci bolting pin M I 126.
a bolt or bar for fastening a door (or window); the door-panel or door; a patch
(nt, nt, from aggala) patch; gusset; strip of cloth for strengthening a robe patch