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aclang en · ADJ

Etymology

From a- + clang.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Clanging.
    • This morning church bells were ringing too. Aclang all over the city and not to summon the faithful. 2001, Michael Lynch, The Casinghead Company, Authors Choice Press, →ISBN, page 439:
    • Yes, under director Sidonie Garrett, this show is crisp in its action, plush in its pageantry, and all aclang with speeches and swordplay. 2006 June 29, Alan Scherstuhl, “War's a Picnic”, in The Pitch:
    • 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. 1953, May Davies Martenet, Taw Jameson, Alfred A. Knopf, page 143: