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lowbell - What does it mean?

Definition of 'lowbell'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net.
  • * King
  • The fowler's lowbell robs the lark of sleep.
  • A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep.
  • * Howell
  • A lowbell hung about a sheep's neck.
    (Webster 1913)