bombilation
English
editNoun
editbombilation (countable and uncountable, plural bombilations)
- A humming or booming sound.
- 1920, Sax Rohmer, “Chapter 1”, in The Green Eyes of Bast:
- Yet it was possible in still weather to hear the muted bombilation of the sleepless city and when the wind was in the north to count the hammer-strokes of the great bell of St. Paul's.
References
edit- “bombilation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.