chiming
/ˈt͡ʃaɪmɪŋ/ noun C2- An instance of chiming; a sound that chimes.
Plural chimings
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Far away a chiming clock struck out the quarters of the hours, but otherwise a deathly silence lay upon the old house.
For half an hour I waited with every nerve on the alert, but there came no other sound save the chiming clock and the rustle of the ivy on the wall.
I sat up with Sir Henry in his rooms until nearly three o’clock in the morning, but no sound of any sort did we hear except the chiming clock upon the stairs.
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