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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Lowbell

· Low·bell · IPA
01 n. A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net.
  1. 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. 2.
    A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep.
    “A lowbell hung about a sheep's . . . neck.” — Howell.
02 v. t. To frighten, as with a lowbell.
  1. 1.
    To frighten, as with a lowbell.