bombilation

English

Noun

bombilation (countable and uncountable, plural bombilations)

1. 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

• “bombilation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.