lowbell

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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. obsolete
    — […] take the lowbell […]; toll this bell just as a weather sheep does, while he is feeding in pasture ground […]

词形变化

lowbells plural

词源

From low + bell. See low (“a flame”).
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