PEAL


Meaning of PEAL in English

/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.

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