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dressing-bell

dressing-bell noun: a bell rung to alert people that it is time to get dressed, especially for dinner.

Noun

dressing-bell (plural dressing-bells)

  1. A bell rung to alert people that it is time to get dressed, especially for dinner.
    • The sound of the dressing-bell dispersed the party. It was not till after dinner that I saw him again: he then seemed quite at his ease.1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter III, in Jane Eyre. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 78
    • The evening came, and the dressing-bell for dinner rang, before Mr. Franklin returned from Frizinghall.1868 January 4 – June 6, [William] Wilkie Collins, “First Period. The Loss of the Diamond (1848). […]”, in The Moonstone. A Romance. […], volume I, London: Tinsley Brothers, […], published 1868...

Forms of dressing-bell

pluraldressing-bells

Questions about dressing-bell

What does dressing-bell mean?
Dressing-bell means a bell rung to alert people that it is time to get dressed, especially for dinner.
What part of speech is dressing-bell?
Dressing-bell is a noun.
What is the plural of dressing-bell?
The plural of dressing-bell is dressing-bells.

Words near dressing-bell in the dictionary

  1. dressing tables
  2. dressing the house
  3. dressing the part
  4. dressing to kill
  5. dressing up
  6. dressing-bell
  7. dressing-bells
  8. dressing-boy
  9. dressing-boys
  10. dressing-down
  11. dressing-downs

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