What is "yowlings"

Usage examples of "yowlings".

Carrie would have expected the yowlings and meowings of animals upset by a change in routine, if nothing else.

Well this time he saw to it that she was not disappointed, for he had every reason to get the woman into his power, so making the horse rear, plunge and scream with rage, he himself let out the most diabolical yowlings of satanic laughter.

It was instantly joined by a chorus of other yowlings, mewlings, bellowings-an un­holy choir of sub-bestial sounds that could only come from the throats of Mushin-crazed men.