† campaneln.
Obsolete. rare.
1. A small bell.
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society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > ringing of bells as signal > [noun] > handbell or small bell
handbellOE
cocklebell1378
skellat1398
crier1467
campanel1653
skellach1653
ting-tang1681
tinkler1767
grelot1854
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > bell > [noun] > small bell
bellc1175
cocklebell1378
crier1467
tantony1567
jingle1615
campanel1653
ting-tang1681
tinkler1767
crotal1790
grelot1854
pellet bell1907
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xvii. 78 Tingling Tantans, and ringing Campanels, to hang about his mares neck.
2. A sort of bit.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > bit
kevela1300
barnaclea1382
bitc1385
molanc1400
bridle bit1438
snafflea1533
titup1537
bastonet?1561
cannon?1561
scatch1565
cannon bit1574
snaffle-bit1576
port mouth1589
watering snaffle1593
bell-bit1607
campanel1607
olive1607
pear-bit1607
olive-bit1611
port bit1662
neck-snaffle1686
curb-bit1688
masticador1717
Pelham1742
bridoon1744
slabbering-bit1753
hard and sharp1787
Weymouth1792
bridoon-bit1795
mameluke bit1826
Chiffney-bit1834
training bit1840
ring snaffle1850
gag-snaffle1856
segundo1860
half-moon bit1875
stiff-bit1875
twisted mouth1875
thorn-bit1886
Scamperdale1934
bit-mouth-
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 58 If he..wryth his nether chappe, you shall then take that byt which we call the Campanell.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Campanel, campanell, or Bell-fashioned rowle in the mouth of a bitt.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. vii. §44 There are several sorts of Bits, as..The Bastonet Bit, The Campanell or Bell Bit.
1704 Dict. Rusticum (at cited word) The Campanell, or the Curb and Hook, being the Chain and Hook under the Horse Chops.
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