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trumpeting, vbl. n.|ˈtrʌmpɪtɪŋ|
[f. trumpet v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb trumpet.
a. Blowing of a trumpet or trumpets; utterance of a sound like that of a trumpet.
1535Coverdale 1 Esdr. v. 66 Then came the enemies..to knowe what that trompettynge and noyse of shawmes might be. 1848B. Webb Continental Ecclesiol. 277 There was a great deal too much trumpeting and kettle-drumming in the orchestra. 1850R. G. Cumming Hunter's Life S. Afr. (1902) 90/1 Crash came a second charge of elephants..accompanied by a trumpeting which caused our ears to tingle. 1861J. Lamont Seahorses v. 74 The sonorous bellowing and trumpeting of a vast number of walruses. 1881C. M. Yonge Lads & Lasses Langley iii, The door..had..a trick of squeaking and trumpeting.
b. The action of proclaiming as by sound of trumpet.
1878Bayne Purit. Rev. xi. 487 The Lords Spiritual..for all their trumpeting of the duty of passive obedience, reminded Charles of the limitations of his prerogative when he tried to show mercy to the Presbyterians. 1885Pall Mall G. 7 May 3/2 There was a great deal of party trumpeting on both sides.
2. Mining. A channel or passage-way made in a shaft by a partition of brickwork, boarding, etc., for ventilation or other purpose.
1839Ure Dict. Arts 985 There is a simple mode of conducting air from the pit bottom to the forehead of the mine, by cutting a ragglin, or trumpeting, as it is termed, in the side of the gallery.
So ˈtrumpeting ppl. a. (in various senses: see the vb.).
1849Cupples Green Hand xvi, Lifting his trunk..with a sharp trumpeting scream. 1852Thackeray Esmond ii. iii, The Princess Anne..was proclaimed by trumpeting heralds..from Westminster to Ludgate Hill. 1859Tennyson Elaine 138 The tiny-trumpeting gnat can break our dream. 1880G. Meredith Tragic Com. (1881) 12 His publication of a trumpeting book fell appallingly flat. |