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mule bell

mule bell noun: a bell hung on a mule.

Noun

mule bell (plural mule bells)

  1. A bell hung on a mule.
    • The sounds of Moslem life are still; / No mule-bell tinkles down the hill; / Stretched in the broad court of the khan, / The dusty Bornou caravan / Lies heaped in slumber, beast and man […].1850, John Greenleaf Whittier, Derne
    • There is something wildly pleasing in listening to these ditties among the rude and lonely scenes that they illustrate, accompanied, as they are, by the occasional jingle of the mulebell.1852, Washington Irving, Tales from the Alhambra

Forms of mule bell

pluralmule bells
alternative formmulebell

Questions about mule bell

What does mule bell mean?
Mule bell means a bell hung on a mule.
What part of speech is mule bell?
Mule bell is a noun.
What is the plural of mule bell?
The plural of mule bell is mule bells.

Words near mule bell in the dictionary

  1. Muldrow
  2. Muldrows
  3. mule
  4. mule armadillo
  5. mule armadillos
  6. mule bell
  7. mule bells
  8. mule deer
  9. mule fat
  10. mule kick
  11. mule kicks

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