make the welkin ring

English

Alternative forms

• ring the welkins

Etymology

See etymology at welkin; and ring, verb sense 1.

Verb

make the welkin ring

1. To make a loud noise.
2. (idiomatic) To celebrate or revel.
   • 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter IV, page 44:

     There was nothing like that spirit which, when the heart goes with the decree of the ruler, makes the welkin ring with its unregulated rejoicings.