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peal
[ peel ]
noun
- a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- a set of bells tuned to one another.
- a series of changes rung on a set of bells.
- any loud, sustained sound or series of sounds, as of cannon, thunder, applause, or laughter.
Synonyms: clangor, resounding, reverberation
verb (used with object)
- to sound loudly and sonorously:
to peal the bells of a tower.
- Obsolete. to assail with loud sounds.
verb (used without object)
- to sound forth in a peal; resound.
peal
1/ piːl /
noun
- a dialect name for a grilse or a young sea trout
peal
2/ piːl /
noun
- a loud prolonged usually reverberating sound, as of bells, thunder, or laughter
- Leisure:Bell-ringing a series of changes rung in accordance with specific rules, consisting of not fewer than 5000 permutations in a ring of eight bells
- not in technical usage the set of bells in a belfry
verb
- intr to sound with a peal or peals
- tr to give forth loudly and sonorously
- tr to ring (bells) in peals
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Other Words From
- inter·peal verb (used with object)
- un·pealed adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of peal1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of peal1
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Example Sentences
During the last century these were recast, and addition made to the peal, which now consists of twelve.
With these ten Hunts, the first change in each Peal is made by hunting the whole Hunt up.
This Peal (by the Rules aforesaid) may be Rang with any whole hunt, half hunt, and quarter hunt.
With these ten Hunts, the first change in each Peal is made by hunting down the whole Hunt.
I have only set down part of this Peal, which is sufficient to shew the course and method thereof.
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