Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The art of ringing a peal of bells in a regularly varying order, so that all the possible combinations may be made.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. the continual production, without repetition, of changes on bells, See def. 9. above.
- n. ringing tuned bells in a fixed order that is continually changing. See change{9}, n.
WordNet 3.0
- n. ringing tuned bells in a fixed order that is continually changing
Examples
“On Hampsfell, the nearby ridge "most likely to appeal to a semi-retired fellwaker" according to Alfred Wainwright, ramblers treading their way over emerald turf and past limestone pavements sometimes hear the priory bells as they reach the stone-built tower of the Hospice, with its views aptly fit to go with the sound of the change-ringing below.”
“I did not feel the lack for all of the change-ringing neepery that fills the novel.”
“I don't know how far back you've looked in the archives of my change-ringing ramblings - you do realize, don't you? that this whole crazy thing was triggered in the first place by my desire to design a sock based on The Nine Tailors.”
“Somewhere out in the blogosphere I encountered a woman who had seen change-ringing patterns needlepointed on kneelers in a little church in Cardiff.”
“I envy your practical experience with change-ringing.”
“In several places the first line of a change-ringing chart was damaged or missing; since these lines always read “123456” they are not separately noted.”
“Unfortunately a large number of "ancients" have been recast, owing chiefly to the craze for change-ringing which flourished in England between 1750 and 1830.”
“It was not until the seventeenth century that change-ringing became general, and our old bells suffered much at the hands of the followers of the new fashion.”
“Canon Simpson was an enthusiast about bells, not only about "change-ringing," on which subject he was a recognised authority, but also about the designing and casting of bells.”
“Unlike stationary bells known as chimes or carillons, the change-ringing bells swing or rotate 360 degrees on a wheel as ringers pull on ropes.”
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