Catterwall

Catterwall

Caterwaul: 1. intransitive. To cry as cats in heat. 2. transferred. To make a discordant, hideous noise; to quarrel like cats [in noisy or angry manner] (1621-). Equivalent to cat + waul, from Middle English cater ‘tomcat’ + wrawlen ‘to cry or squall like a cat’.

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The Country Choristers
A Sermon at St Paul's Cross (1616)
Two men sing from a songbook they are both holding, while a younger man has fallen asleep at the table; a young woman looks on
A man is playing a violin to a accompany a group of girls singing
Village Choristers Rehearsing an Anthem for Sunday
Unknown - The Choir, Canterbury Cathedral (1712-15)

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