clapper
/ˈklapə
/noun
The tongue or striker of a bell.Magister Rumbold Crucible woke up feeling that someone had been using his head as a bell clapper which, he groggily reasoned, probably accounted for the sickening swaying sensation as well....
- The town crier, in trying to ring out the Prince's arrival, found the clapper of his bell stuck fast.
- They will now be taken to Nottingham, where the bells and the clappers themselves will be refurbished.
Phrases
like the clappers