clangour

/ ˈklæŋɡə; ˈklæŋə /

noun

C16: from Latin clangor a noise, from clangere to clang

He struggled, he called, he cried; his voice was lost in the din and clangour.

Zdenko accidentally knocked down a spear; and the clangour, echoing round the hall, awakened the men.

So joyously and gloriously ended the year 1810, with the booming of cannon and the loud clangour of the bells.

It was of iron, and as he struck it with his hand, returned a hollow clangour.

I had barely finished when the clangour of a great gong startled me.

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