Anglo-Ind. Also buggala, buglah. [a. Mahratti baglā, bagalā, regarded by Col. Yule as a corruption of Pg. baixel, VESSEL.] ‘A name commonly given on the W. coast of India to Arab vessels of the old native form’ (Yule).
1842. Sir G. Arthur, in Ind. Admin. of Ld. Ellenb., 222 (Y.). Native buggalas, by which so much of the trade of this coast with Scinde, Cutch … is carried on.
1869. Latest News, 17 Oct. There were … four vessels: two were large buglahs, each mounting about eight guns.
1884. Times, 30 May, 8/1. At Mocha they took passage on board an Arab buggalow.
