Lowbell
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lowbell is a noun meaning A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net.
Meaning
A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep or cow.
Example Sentences
c. 1700-1708, William King, Art of Love The fowler's lowbell robs the lark of sleep.
[…] 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 […]
Word Forms
- lowbells
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include low-bell, hawkbell, bat-fowling, bellbird, birdcall, scarer.
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