oak gall

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noun

any of various rounded galls produced on oaks, especially the horned oak gall.

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Also called oak apple.

Origin of oak gall

First recorded in 1760–70

Words nearby oak gall

Oakdale, oaked, oaken, oak fern, Oak Forest, oak gall, Oakham, Oak Harbor, Oakland, Oakland Park, Oak Lawn

How to use oak gall in a sentence

Waterproof inks are sometimes used, and of these the oak-gall ink is undoubtedly the best.
Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects|C. V. Riley
They say she has a face like a cankered oak gall or a rotten apple lying cracked on the ground among the wasps.
Grisly Grisell|Charlotte M. Yonge
But one night, coming weary from hunting and cold, he crept into a hollow oak gall to sleep.
Hunting with the Bow and Arrow|Saxton Pope
We then saw that the hammering had made it into a firm brown ball nearly as large as an oak gall.
Bird-Lore March-April 1916|Various