- In
campanology (bell
ringing),
a peal is the
special name
given to a specific type of
performance of
change ringing which meets certain exacting conditions...
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likewise makes a quarter peal (quarter for short);
a peal or
a quarter tends to last
about three hours or 45 minutes, respectively.
Change ringing can also...
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change ringing is
to ring the
bells in
every possible permutation; this is
called an
extent (in the past this was
sometimes referred to as
a full
peal). For...
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A "
ring of bells" is the name bell
ringers give
to a set of
bells hung for
English full
circle ringing. The term "
peal of bells" is
often used, though...
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three hours to ring. This is the
definition of
a full
peal on 7 (5,000 or more for
other numbers of bells.) Less
demanding is the
quarter peal of 1,260 changes...
- went on
to found the Ladies’
Guild of Bell-ringers,
alongside others.
Sampson rang
twelve peals and she was the
second woman to ring a peal of ‘Stedman...
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A peal board records on
a wooden, metal,
stone or
canvas plaque a peal rung on
church bells. In
modern terms a peal is the
ringing of 5000 or more different...
- were
different rings according to the season.
There were also
peals for the dead, with
a dozen different combinations, and
festival peals,
based exclusively...
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announce that
a service is soon
to take place. They are also used
to convey information and celebration. The
ringing of
peals signifies a time of rejoicing...
- up
peal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
A peal is
a bell-
ringing performance consisting of 5000 or more changes.
Peal or
Peals may also
refer to: Peal...
