/peel/ , n.
1. a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
2. a set of bells tuned to one another.
3. a series of changes rung on a set of bells.
4. any loud, sustained sound or series of sounds, as of cannon, thunder, applause, or laughter.
v.t.
5. to sound loudly and sonorously: to peal the bells of a tower.
6. Obs. to assail with loud sounds.
v.i.
7. to sound forth in a peal; resound.
[ 1350-1400; ME pele, akin to peal to beat, strike (now dial.) ]
Syn. 4. reverberation, resounding, clangor.