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lowbell

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

Noun

lowbell (plural lowbells)

  1. A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net.
    • The fowler's lowbell robs the lark of sleep.c. 1700-1708, William King, Art of Love
  2. (obsolete) 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 […]1831, Thomas Burgeland Johnson, The Sportsman's Cyclopedia, page 527
    • […] pipes and horns were sounded, together with lowbells [cow- or sheep-bell] and other smaller bells which the company had amongst them […]2009, Newton Key, Robert Bucholz, Sources and Debates in English History, 1485-1714, page 113

Forms of lowbell

plurallowbells

Origin of lowbell

From low + bell. See low (“a flame”).

Questions about lowbell

What does lowbell mean?
Lowbell means a bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net.
What part of speech is lowbell?
Lowbell is a noun.
What is the plural of lowbell?
The plural of lowbell is lowbells.

Words near lowbell in the dictionary

  1. lowballer
  2. lowballers
  3. lowballing
  4. lowballs
  5. lowbat
  6. lowbell
  7. lowbells
  8. lowbie
  9. lowbies
  10. lowborn
  11. lowboy

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