broadside vs peal

broadside

verb
  • To collide with something side-on. 

adv
  • Sideways; with the side turned to the direction of some object. 

noun
  • The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet. 

  • A forceful attack, be it written or spoken. 

  • One side of a ship above the water line; all the guns on one side of a warship; their simultaneous firing. 

  • A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded. 

peal

verb
  • To assail with noise. 

  • To resound; to echo. 

  • To sound with a peal or peals. 

  • To utter or sound loudly. 

noun
  • The changes rung on a set of bells; in the strict sense a full peal of at least 5040 changes. 

  • A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale. 

  • A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc. 

  • A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin. 

How often have the words broadside and peal occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )