low belln.

Brit.

/ˈləʊ bɛl/, U.S.

/ˈloʊ ˌbɛl/

Forms: 1500s lowe bell, 1500s–1600s low bel, 1500s– low bell, 1600s logh bell, 1600s loobel, 1600s loubel, 1600s loubell.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: low adj., bell n.¹

Etymology: Probably < low adj. + bell n.¹It has been suggested that sense 1a is a distinct formation < lowe n., with allusion to the lights used in this method of fowling; compare:1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Luff or Lough, a Light or Flame, to Fowl with a Low-Bell.However, since some early accounts refer to the deep pitch and resonance of the bell used, it seems more likely to reflect low adj. 17a. Compare lowffing n. and see discussion at that entry.

Now historical and rare.

a. A bell used in trapping birds, usually at night. Now historical and rare.The process of fowling with a ‘low-bell and hand-net’ is described at length in Dict. Rusticum et Urbanicum (1704). The birds are to be stupefied with terror by the noise of the bell and the sudden glare from lights contained in a tin-lined box; the net is then thrown over them.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > devices to confuse birds

low bell1573

lowffing1581

daring-glass1590

dare1860

1573 Swanimote Court Rolls (P.R.O.: C 154/4) Roll 14 Ad capiend' volucres cum telis et machinis vocat' lowbells.

1581 Act 23 Eliz. c. 10 §6 Others, which..take any Partridges or Feasaunts by night vnder any Tramel, Lowbell, Roadenete or other Engyn.

1607 S. Hieron Def. Ministers Reasons 210 But belike M. H. thought, that the word accursed, would sound both lowder and fowler, and so amaze men (as a loobel doth Larks) till he threw his nett upon them.

1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. 27 Some he catches..with frights (as Black-birds with..a Low-Bell).

1709 W. King Art of Love (new ed.) i. 47 The fowler's low-bell robs the lark of sleep.

1792 W. Osbaldiston Brit. Sportsman 445 The sound of the low-bell causes the birds to lie close, and not to stir when the net is over them.

1821 Sporting Mag. 9 11 Hays, nets, low-bells, hare-pipes.

1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh I. 236 When the net-pullers were arranged in proper order, and the net itself spread out, the low bell, in the hands of Mr. Robert Drury, began to toll deeply—at the rate of about six strokes in a minute. This was the sign for the netters to move on.

1950 T. H. Banks Milton's Imagery vi. 186 They [sc. church ministers] are lured by wages as a bird is lured by a fowler's low-bell.

†b. figurative. Something that stupefies or stuns a person. Obsolete.

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1637 P. Heylyn Antidotum Lincolniense i. i. 4 Or if you are not willing it should be a libell, to gratifie you for this once, let it be a Low-bell [printed Low-belt]: A thing that makes a mighty noise to astonish and amaze poore birds... But being a low-bell and a libell too, take them both together.

1680 J. Phillips Dr. Oates's Narr. Vindicated ii. 17 The Vindicator tells us..that men of sense were such silly Partridges to Cowre under the Lowbells of Jesuitical clamour.

1712 Examiner 26 Jan. The Net that is spread for us, by a Holy Lowbell, and the Cant of a Religion purely Vocal.

a. A small bell; esp. one hung around the neck of a cow or sheep; a cowbell; a sheep bell.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > equipment

salec1299

salebandc1299

shacklec1460

marking stone1534

low bell1578

baikiea1598

nose-hook1778

sjambok1790

shangy1808

cow-bell1809

ox frame1844

bullwhip1848

humbug1850

stock-whip1852

bull-whacker1858

cattle-bell1872

bull-whack1885

leading-staff1886

bullock-bell1911

bull-holder1940

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep-bell

sheep-bell1411

low bell1578

tankard1880

1578 G. Best True Disc. Passage to Cathaya i. 49 The Captaine..knowing well how they greatly delighted in our toyes, and specially in belles, he rang a pretie Lowbel, making wise y^t he would giue him the same that would come and fetch it. [Afterwards: he rang a lowder bell.]

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Sampogna,..a bell hanged about sheepe or goates, a lowe-bell.

a1635 T. Randolph Muses Looking-glasse iii. i. 39 in Poems (1638) I'le get a high crown'd hat with five Low-bels.

1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry iv. iii. 33^* Two cowes..with collers and lowbells.

1744 G. Whitefield Brief Acct. Late Trial 4 They came..in their usual Way, with a Low-bell and Horn,..forced into Mr. Adams's House, and demanded him down the Stairs whereon he was preaching.

1812 J. Pinkerton Gen. Coll. Voy. & Trav. XII. 513 He rang a pretty low bell, making signs that he would give him the same that would come and fetch it.

1888 B. Lowsley Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases 105 At the sound of the ‘low bell’ the cows were delivered to him.

2011 R. Chopra Unnatural Rebellion viii. 212 They tarred and feathered him, hung a low bell around his neck, and affixed a paper on his head with the inscription ‘Look yo Tory Crew, and see what George your King can do.’

†b. figurative and in figurative contexts, with reference to people who blindly follow something as a flock of sheep do the bellwether. Obsolete.

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a1625 J. Fletcher Womans Prize i. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Nnnnn3/2 Peace gentle Low bel.

1659 J. Milton Considerations touching Hirelings 132 Now commonly he who desires to be a minister, looks not at the work, but at the wages; and by that lure or loubel may be toald from parish to parish all the town over.

1664 C. Cotton Scarronides 66 In a pretty wooden-steeple A Low-Bell hung to call the People.

1742 Plain Matter of Fact: Whiggism 3 Before we run with the Flock, it is fit we should know whence the Low-Bell proceeds, and who is the Ring-leader..leading us into better Pasture.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	low bell
释义	low belln. Brit. /ˈləʊ bɛl/, U.S. /ˈloʊ ˌbɛl/ Forms: 1500s lowe bell, 1500s–1600s low bel, 1500s– low bell, 1600s logh bell, 1600s loobel, 1600s loubel, 1600s loubell. Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: low adj., bell n.¹ Etymology: Probably < low adj. + bell n.¹It has been suggested that sense 1a is a distinct formation < lowe n., with allusion to the lights used in this method of fowling; compare:1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Luff or Lough, a Light or Flame, to Fowl with a Low-Bell.However, since some early accounts refer to the deep pitch and resonance of the bell used, it seems more likely to reflect low adj. 17a. Compare lowffing n. and see discussion at that entry. Now historical and rare. 1. a. A bell used in trapping birds, usually at night. Now historical and rare.The process of fowling with a ‘low-bell and hand-net’ is described at length in Dict. Rusticum et Urbanicum (1704). The birds are to be stupefied with terror by the noise of the bell and the sudden glare from lights contained in a tin-lined box; the net is then thrown over them. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > devices to confuse birds low bell1573 lowffing1581 daring-glass1590 dare1860 1573 Swanimote Court Rolls (P.R.O.: C 154/4) Roll 14 Ad capiend' volucres cum telis et machinis vocat' lowbells. 1581 Act 23 Eliz. c. 10 §6 Others, which..take any Partridges or Feasaunts by night vnder any Tramel, Lowbell, Roadenete or other Engyn. 1607 S. Hieron Def. Ministers Reasons 210 But belike M. H. thought, that the word accursed, would sound both lowder and fowler, and so amaze men (as a loobel doth Larks) till he threw his nett upon them. 1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. 27 Some he catches..with frights (as Black-birds with..a Low-Bell). 1709 W. King Art of Love (new ed.) i. 47 The fowler's low-bell robs the lark of sleep. 1792 W. Osbaldiston Brit. Sportsman 445 The sound of the low-bell causes the birds to lie close, and not to stir when the net is over them. 1821 Sporting Mag. 9 11 Hays, nets, low-bells, hare-pipes. 1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh I. 236 When the net-pullers were arranged in proper order, and the net itself spread out, the low bell, in the hands of Mr. Robert Drury, began to toll deeply—at the rate of about six strokes in a minute. This was the sign for the netters to move on. 1950 T. H. Banks Milton's Imagery vi. 186 They [sc. church ministers] are lured by wages as a bird is lured by a fowler's low-bell. †b. figurative. Something that stupefies or stuns a person. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1637 P. Heylyn Antidotum Lincolniense i. i. 4 Or if you are not willing it should be a libell, to gratifie you for this once, let it be a Low-bell [printed Low-belt]: A thing that makes a mighty noise to astonish and amaze poore birds... But being a low-bell and a libell too, take them both together. 1680 J. Phillips Dr. Oates's Narr. Vindicated ii. 17 The Vindicator tells us..that men of sense were such silly Partridges to Cowre under the Lowbells of Jesuitical clamour. 1712 Examiner 26 Jan. The Net that is spread for us, by a Holy Lowbell, and the Cant of a Religion purely Vocal. 2. a. A small bell; esp. one hung around the neck of a cow or sheep; a cowbell; a sheep bell. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > equipment salec1299 salebandc1299 shacklec1460 marking stone1534 low bell1578 baikiea1598 nose-hook1778 sjambok1790 shangy1808 cow-bell1809 ox frame1844 bullwhip1848 humbug1850 stock-whip1852 bull-whacker1858 cattle-bell1872 bull-whack1885 leading-staff1886 bullock-bell1911 bull-holder1940 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep-bell sheep-bell1411 low bell1578 tankard1880 1578 G. Best True Disc. Passage to Cathaya i. 49 The Captaine..knowing well how they greatly delighted in our toyes, and specially in belles, he rang a pretie Lowbel, making wise y^t he would giue him the same that would come and fetch it. [Afterwards: he rang a lowder bell.] 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Sampogna,..a bell hanged about sheepe or goates, a lowe-bell. a1635 T. Randolph Muses Looking-glasse iii. i. 39 in Poems (1638) I'le get a high crown'd hat with five Low-bels. 1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry iv. iii. 33^* Two cowes..with collers and lowbells. 1744 G. Whitefield Brief Acct. Late Trial 4 They came..in their usual Way, with a Low-bell and Horn,..forced into Mr. Adams's House, and demanded him down the Stairs whereon he was preaching. 1812 J. Pinkerton Gen. Coll. Voy. & Trav. XII. 513 He rang a pretty low bell, making signs that he would give him the same that would come and fetch it. 1888 B. Lowsley Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases 105 At the sound of the ‘low bell’ the cows were delivered to him. 2011 R. Chopra Unnatural Rebellion viii. 212 They tarred and feathered him, hung a low bell around his neck, and affixed a paper on his head with the inscription ‘Look yo Tory Crew, and see what George your King can do.’ †b. figurative and in figurative contexts, with reference to people who blindly follow something as a flock of sheep do the bellwether. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1625 J. Fletcher Womans Prize i. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Nnnnn3/2 Peace gentle Low bel. 1659 J. Milton Considerations touching Hirelings 132 Now commonly he who desires to be a minister, looks not at the work, but at the wages; and by that lure or loubel may be toald from parish to parish all the town over. 1664 C. Cotton Scarronides 66 In a pretty wooden-steeple A Low-Bell hung to call the People. 1742 Plain Matter of Fact: Whiggism 3 Before we run with the Flock, it is fit we should know whence the Low-Bell proceeds, and who is the Ring-leader..leading us into better Pasture. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1573
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