Clangour
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din. British, Canada, countable, uncountable
"When every least commander’s will, best soldiers had obey’d, / And both the hosts were rang’d for fight, the Trojans would have fray’d / The Greeks with noises; crying out, in coming rudely on / At all parts, like the cranes that fill with harsh confusion / Of brutish clangour all the air; […]"
- 2 a loud resonant repeating noise wordnet
- 1 To make a clanging sound. British, Canada
"It clangoured through the house like a bell in a tomb."
- 2 make a loud resonant noise wordnet
Example
More examples"When every least commander’s will, best soldiers had obey’d, / And both the hosts were rang’d for fight, the Trojans would have fray’d / The Greeks with noises; crying out, in coming rudely on / At all parts, like the cranes that fill with harsh confusion / Of brutish clangour all the air; […]"
Etymology
From Latin clangor.
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