Noun
nebel (plural nebels)
(obsolete, music) A Hebrew stringed instrument, possibly the same as the nabla.
An 1836 lithograph of Mexican women making tortillas by Carl Nebel An example of a 19th-century lithograph depicting royal Afghan soldiers of the Durrani Empire in Afghanistan. Source: Internet
A small stream, the Nebel, (the ground either side of which was soft and marshy and only fordable intermittently), fronted the French line. Source: Internet
Here, the Nebel was less of an obstacle, but the great battery positioned on the edge of the village enjoyed a good field of fire across the open ground stretching to the hamlet of Schwennenbach. Source: Internet
Tincey: Blenheim 1704: The Duke of Marlborough's Masterpiece, p. 67 However, without cavalry support, and threatened with envelopment, the Prussian and Danish infantry were in turn forced to pull back across the Nebel. Source: Internet
Marlborough (who had crossed the Nebel on a makeshift bridge to take personal control), ordered Hulsen's Hanoverian battalions to support the Dutch infantry. Source: Internet
Small parties penetrated the defences, but repeated French volleys forced the English back towards the Nebel, sustaining heavy casualties. Source: Internet