handbell

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English

Etymology

From Middle English handbelle, hande belle, from Old English handbelle (“handbell”), equivalent to hand +‎ bell.

Noun

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handbell (plural handbells)

  1. (music) A small bell designed to be rung by hand.
    • 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 58:
      The bell sounded. It was a hand-bell, rung by a boy in the next class-room.
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