The tongue of a bell, which strikes it on the inside and causes it to sound. Slang phrase like the clappers: very fast or very hard.

The clapper of a bell. Obsolete. rare.

The clapper of a bell.

In many technical applications. The clapper of a bell; hence, the pistil or a stamen of a bell-flower.

The clapper or tongue of a bell.

That which clacks; the clack or clapper of a mill; a clack to frighten birds away, etc.

The loose metal ball which serves as the clapper of a globular sleigh-bell.