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pealings

/ˈpiːlɪŋz/

pealings is the plural of pealing.

Meaning of pealing

Noun

pealing (plural pealings)

  1. The sound made by bells as they peal.
    • Then when the words were said, and man's form had tried to sanctify that which was already divine, we walked amid the pealings of the “Wedding March” into the vestry[…]1895, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Stark Munro Letters

Questions about pealings

What is pealings the plural of?
Pealings is the plural of pealing.
How do you pronounce pealings?
Pealings is pronounced /ˈpiːlɪŋz/.

Words near pealings in the dictionary

  1. pealest
  2. pealeth
  3. pealike
  4. pealing
  5. pealing out
  6. pealings
  7. Peall
  8. Pealling
  9. Pealls
  10. peals
  11. peals of bells

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