noun Maine Sustained noise, as from hammering: “Hark that reeling, now, you'll wake the baby!” (Anonymous).
Regional Note: In the granite quarries of Maine, stones for paving were once shaped by men using small hammers called
reels. Crews of 30 men at a time would use these hammers. The resulting “shattering noise as the pieces of the granite were shaped… gave Mainers a word for any sustained hubbub—
reelin'” (John Gould).
Reeling can denote noise made by humans as well:
She told the children to hush their reeling.