| 释义 |
† ˈfore-bell Obs.
[f. fore- prefix + bell.]
The first of a peal of bells.
1484Churchw. Acc. Wigtoft, nr. Boston (Nichols 1797) 79 For shotyng of an irren bolte to the forbell whele. 1529Churchw. Acc. St. Giles Reading 37 Iron werk for the fore bell. 1546Ludlow Churchw. Acc. (Camden) 26 Pesynge of the for belle rope. 1801Strutt Sports & Past. iii. v. §18. 171 These [morris-dancers'] bells were of unequal sizes and differently denominated, as the fore bell, the second bell, the treble, the tenor or great bell. |