Definition of "dholl"

The next class of farinaceous foods are the Pulses, as peas, beans, and lentils of this country, and the dholls and grams of India.

1870, Henry Letheby, On Food, page 22

As a reviver for exhausted soils dholl is one of the most effective things that can be grown on the Coast Lands.

1901 April 12, “District Reports”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record‎, volume 4, number 3, page 68