aclang

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ clang.

Adjective

aclang (not comparable)

1. Clanging.
   • 1953, May Davies Martenet, Taw Jameson, Alfred A. Knopf, page 143:

     His rumpled clothes were streaked with soot from the day-coach of the Richmond train that could be heard now, bell aclang, grinding away from the southbound side of the depot.

   • 2001, Michael Lynch, The Casinghead Company, Authors Choice Press, →ISBN, page 439:

     This morning church bells were ringing too. Aclang all over the city and not to summon the faithful.

   • 2006 June 29, Alan Scherstuhl, “War's a Picnic”, in The Pitch:

     Yes, under director Sidonie Garrett, this show is crisp in its action, plush in its pageantry, and all aclang with speeches and swordplay.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:aclang.