[f. prec. vb.]
1. The roar of a bull, or similar cry of other animals.
1779. Hunter, in Phil. Trans., LXIX. 286. The bellow of the free martin is similar to that of an ox.
1870. Lubbock, Orig. Civiliz., ix. (1875), 408.
2. transf. of human beings: A loud deep cry or roar.
a. 1835. Hogg, Tales (1837), III. 37. As loud as he could roar … never letting one bellow abide another.
1859. G. Meredith, R. Feverel, xxi. (1885), 151. He heard a bellow for help.
3. The loud deep roar of cannon, thunder, a storm, and other inanimate agents.
1826. Disraeli, Viv. Grey, VII. viii. 430. The bellow of the martial drum.
1856. Froude, Hist. Eng. (1858), II. VII. 229. Mere idle sounds, like the bellow of unshotted cannon.
