[peal] n [ME, appeal, summons to church, short for appel appeal, fr. appelen to appeal] (14c) 1 a: the loud ringing of bells b: a complete set of changes on a given number of bells c: a set of bells tuned to the tones of the major scale for change ringing
2: a loud sound or succession of sounds "~s of laughter"
[2]peal vi (1632): to give out peals ~ vt: to utter or give forth loudly