belling

American  

[bel-ing] / ˈbɛl ɪŋ /

noun

Chiefly Midland U.S.

1. shivaree.

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Etymology

Origin of belling

First recorded in 1860–65; bell ¹ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

So enter in spirit the sharp contentions Of brothers belling each other at bay; And soften the snout of the menacing cannon With the scent and bloom of a lilac spray.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Mrs. Dalloway an image of all London shines and synchronizes beneath the reverberations of London's belling clocks.

From Time Magazine Archive

At one point, for instance, the hero leisurely lies his length in a lone copse and listens to the belling of his houn' dawg on the ridge.

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The vote was his bludgeon and his armor; when Prosecutor Tom Dewey came belling toward him up a trail of racket-busting evidence, Jimmy was unruffled.

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The belling tower struck and Simmon sighed, sensing it was pointless to pursue the conversation further.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss