Lowbell

Low´bell`


n.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.
- King.
2.A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep.
A lowbell hung about a sheep's . . . neck.
- Howell.
v. t.1.To frighten, as with a lowbell.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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