a ringing of a peal of bells in one position for a considerable length of time before a change is given.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > bell-ringing > [noun] > going through all the changes > changes > specific (27) set peal16.. a ringing of a peal of bells in one position for a considerable length of time before a change is given. grandsire1668 Campanology. In later use chiefly with capital initials. A basic method of change-ringing, usually using an odd number of bells. whole pull1668 a handstroke followed by a backstroke (or vice versa); cf. half-pull n. at half, adj. compounds 2. bob1671 ‘A term used by change-ringers to denote certain changes in the working of the methods by which long peals of changes are produced.’ treble bob is… peal1671 Campanology. A series of changes rung on a set of bells (also without article, as in peal); the ringing of such a series. course1677 Change-ringing. The successive shifting of the order in which a particular bell is struck in a series of changes; also, a series of changes in… set changes1677 = set peal n. single1684 In various specific or technical senses. A form of change in bell-ringing. single change1688 (see quot. 1688.) Plain Bob1702 a change-ringing method in which the bells make the minimum possible departure from the plain hunt. Stedman1731 Used attributively and in the possessive to designate a method of change-ringing devised by Stedman. Also absol. Superlative Surprise1788 a complicated method of change-ringing, being a variation of treble bob (bob, n.5); cf. surprise, n. 5. touch1788 Campanology. In English change-ringing: any series of changes in a chosen method (method, n. 4) that is shorter than a peal (cf. peal, n.1 1d). triple1798 Bell-ringing. A peal rung on seven bells with the tenor, i.e. the eighth, behind; the bells interchanging each time in three sets of two. triple bob major1809 apparently an error for treble bob major: see bob, n.5 maximus1813 Campanology. A peal rung on twelve bells, the greatest number in change-ringing, hypothetically consisting of up to 479,001,600 changes. See also b… royal1813 Campanology. In change-ringing: a peal rung on ten bells. Cf. bob royal at bob, n.5 call changes1837 changes (change, n. 9a) rung in response to spoken or written commands. slam1854 dialect. (See quot. 1854.) cater1872 Change-ringing. (See quot. 1878.) cinques1872 plural. ‘The name given by change-ringers to changes on eleven bells, probably from the fact that five pairs of bells change places in order of… triple change1872 one in which three pairs of bells change places. plain hunt1874 the most basic method of change-ringing, in which in each course the treble follows a direct path from the lead to the back and then back to the… plain hunting1874 the ringing of a plain hunt. quarter peal1888 a short peal comprising one quarter of the number of changes in a full peal. method1901 Campanology. Any of various ordered sets of changes. short course1904 (see quot.). |
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