Trucial
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of or pertaining to a truce; specifically, to the truce obtaining between Britain and various Arab sheikdoms of the Oman peninsula. not-comparable
"Without staking an explicitly colonial claim to Iraq, Sir Henry asserted […] in essence, the integration of Mesopotamia into Britain's trucial system in the Persian Gulf."
- 2 Pertaining to the Trucial States historical, not-comparable
- 3 Pertaining to the Trucial Coast historical, not-comparable
Example
More examples"Without staking an explicitly colonial claim to Iraq, Sir Henry asserted […] in essence, the integration of Mesopotamia into Britain's trucial system in the Persian Gulf."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From truce + -al.
Etymology 2
From trucial, from truce+-ial.