peal Definition
peal (pēl)
noun
- the loud ringing of a bell or set of bells
- a set of tuned bells; chimes; carillon
- the ringing of changes on such a set of bells
- any loud, prolonged sound, as of gunfire, thunder, laughter, etc.
Etymology: ME pele, aphetic for apele, appeal
intransitive verb, transitive verb
to sound in a peal; resound; ring
peal Synonyms
peal
n.
peal Synonyms
peal Usage Examples
Object
bell: Church bells pealed across the sprawling estate an hour later, signaling the romantic, candlelit ceremony was over.
Converse of object
- muffle: All shops and public houses closed and muffled peals on the church bells.
- ring: In all he rang peals at 288 towers, 54 of which were rings of twelve.
Adjective modifier
- merry: November 20 th 1918 Bells rang out a merry peal on news of the end of hostilities with Germany at Foxearth.
- loud: Then came a flash of lightning followed by a loud peal of thunder.
- 1st: He was the first conductor at St Paul's Cathedral, calling the 1st peal there on 10th Dec. 1881.
- fine: The fine peal of six bells was founded in 1714.
Preposition: on
bell: Drive your family insane by ringing a plain course or a peal on real bells.
Modifies a noun
- ringer: The ringing of complex methods is also probably more widespread among peal ringers maybe for similar reasons.
- ringing: From this point Elaine's quarter peal ringing slowed down rather a lot.
- attempt: The first peal attempt of the weekend was at Epsom Common on Friday morning.
- weekend: Despite last minute setbacks, peal weekend went well, with five out of six peals being scored.
- composition: In addition, we have an online collection of peal compositions available.
Preposition: of
- bell: In the tower is a peal of six bells.
- thunder: Every roll of the ball produces an awesome peal of thunder.
- laughter: Behind me, those two burst into peals of laughter.
Noun used with modifier
- handbell: They did, however, score a handbell peal for the Society over the weekend.
- quarter: Her last quarter peal was Plain Bob Major which she rang in 1995.
- ringing: The tenor of the ringing peal is also the bass bell of the carillon.
- bell: There were 30 more tower bell peals in 2005 compared with 2004.
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