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lowbell

noun

Etymology

From low + bell. See low (“a flame”).

  1. derived from *bʰel-✻
  2. inherited from *bellaną✻
  3. inherited from bellan
  4. inherited from bellen
  5. compounded as lowbell — “low + bell”

Definitions

  1. A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make…

    A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net.

    • c. 1700-1708, William King, Art of Love The fowler's lowbell robs the lark of sleep.

  2. A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep or cow.

    • […] take the lowbell […]; toll this bell just as a weather sheep does, while he is feeding in pasture ground […]
    • […] pipes and horns were sounded, together with lowbells [cow- or sheep-bell] and other smaller bells which the company had amongst them […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA