dim-rolling

Updated: May 7, 2025

Sound of cannon, up the Elbe Dresden-ward, is reported there to Friedrich, that afternoon: cannon, sure enough, notes Friedrich; and deep dim-rolling peals, as of volleying small-arms; "the sky all on fire over there," as the hoar-frosty evening fell. Old Leopold busy at it, seemingly.

Thomas Carlyle - History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 15