E. Ind. [Pushtō kōtal mountain pass.] The pass over a mountain; a col; the ridge or summit of a pass.
1880. Times, 15 Oct., 4/2. The three Afghan guns on the ridge, or kotal, as these ascents are called in Afghanistan, still gave back nearly shot for shot. Ibid. (1890), 31 Jan., 8/3. From the fourth and last of the Kotals the traveller descends on to a level and in parts swampy plain.
1897. Ld. Roberts, 41 Yrs. India, xxxiv. (1898), 282. By noon the kotal was reached.
