peal
n.
mid-14c., "a ringing of a bell" especially as a call to church service, generally considered a shortened form of appeal, n., with the notion of a bell that "summons" people to church (compare similar evolution in peach, v.). Extended sense of "loud ringing of bells" is first recorded 1510s.
v.
1630s, from peal, n.. Related: Pealed; pealing.