reboation

reboation
\\-əˈwāshən\ noun (-s)
Etymology: Latin reboatus (past participle of reboare) + English -ion
: a loud reverberation

the deep-mouthed reboation of a ship's horn seems to have lost itself in the fog — Atlantic


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