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ˈhandbell
A small bell rung by being swung in the hand, as distinguished from one rung by a bell-pull, bell-rope, etc.
a1000Charter of Leofric in Cod. Dipl. IV. 275 Nu ða synd .xiii. upphangene and .xii. handbella. 1570Levins Manip. 57/20 A Handbell, tintinnabulum. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 461/2 A Saint Bell, or Hand Bell..is held in a mans hand, and soe rung. 1859W. Collins After Dark (Tauchn.) 307 (Hoppe) He took up the hand-bell to ring for lights. 1894J. T. Fowler Adamnan Introd. 43 The abbot or bishop called the brethren together by the sound of a hand-bell.
b. That carried by a town-crier or bellman.
c1500Maid Emlyn in Anc. Poet. Tracts (Percy) 18 The handbell ofte dyd she tolle, Full great sorowe makynge. 1681W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. (1693) 1066 It passes about like an hand-bell. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. v. v, Criers rushing with hand-bells: ‘Oyez, oyez, All men to their Districts to be enrolled!’ 1880A. McKay Hist. Kilmarnock (ed. 4) 130 A hand-bell was rung through the streets when a person departed this life.
c. spec. A bell specially constructed with a leathern handle, and the clapper made and attached in a particular way, for handbell-ringing.
d. attrib. and Comb., as handbell-shaped adj.; also handbell-ringer, one who performs musically on handbells; handbell-ringing, a musical performance executed by a company of ringers with handbells tuned to different notes.
1889Hurst Horsham Gloss., Handbellringer, at Christmas handbell ringers go round to different towns or villages with their bells. |