Dictionary entry

Lowbell

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Low″bell′ (?), n. [Low a flame + bell.] 1. A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net.

The fowler's lowbell robs the lark of sleep. King.

2. A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep.

A lowbell hung about a sheep's... neck. Howell.