What is "clappings"

Usage examples of "clappings".

George produces his present, which is greeted with admiring leapings and clappings by the young family, and with a species of reverential admiration by Mr.

The village and the sprawl of camps surrounding it resounded by day and by night to the throbbings of Ahrmehnee drums, the wails of flutes and the rhythmic stampings and clappings and shouts of dancers and those who had stopped long enough to cram their mouths with food or drain off gourds of thick beer and tankards of wine.