Tindal \Tin"dal\, n. [From the native name: cf. Malayalam ta??al.]

1. A petty officer among lascars, or native East Indian sailors; a boatswain's mate; a cockswain. [India] --Malcom.

2. An attendant on an army. [India] --Simmonds.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)