tintinnabulation

2 definitions found

tintinnabulation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tintinnabulation \Tin`tin*nab`u*la"tion\, n.
     A tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells. --Poe.
     [1913 Webster]

tintinnabulation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  tintinnabulation
      n 1: the sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the
           church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the
           tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the
           ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe [syn:
           ring, ringing, tintinnabulation]