| 单词 | daybell |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdaybell daybell n. now historical a bell rung in the morning to mark the start of the day.Sometimes also rung in the evening to mark the end of the day (see quot. 1839); cf. curfew-bell n. at curfew n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) l. 1132 On the morwen, hwan day was sprungen, And day-belle at kirke rungen. a1500 Tale of Basin in M. M. Furrow Ten 15th-cent. Comic Poems (1985) 62 Þei daunsyd al þe nyȝt till þe son con ryse. The clerke rang þe daybell as hit was his guise. 1615 S. Ward Coal from Altar 56 With the Curfeau-bell in the euening to rake vppe his zeale by prayer, and with the day-bell in the morning to stirre vp & kindle the same. 1761 Act for Dividing & Inclosing Open & Common Fields of Wardington 2 The Trustees for repairing the Parish Church and Clock of Cropredy,..and for ringing the Curfew and Day-bell there. 1839 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. London 2 239 A bell-ringer, who should ring daily the day-bell..at 4 o'clock in the morning and at 7 o'clock at night. 2009 P. Glennie & N. Thrift Shaping Day v. 140 The tolling of daybell and curfew bells. < as lemmas |
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