sleigh-belln.
a. One of a number of small bells (see quot. 1848) attached to a sleigh or to the harness of a horse drawing it.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on runners > [noun] > other parts of
sleigh-bellc1780
upstander1856
carryall1930
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > bell > [noun] > other bells
handbell1494
pull-bell1552
morris bell1560
wire-bell1668
joy-bells1808
sleigh-bell1849
gong1864
gong-bell1864
fairy bells1888
tin-pot1895
c1780 in Amer. Poems (1793) I. 208 Mind and have the sleigh-bells sent.
1804 T. G. Fessenden Orig. Poems 25 My verse like brass-kettle shall ring, Or sleigh-bells, which gingle so pretty.
1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms Sleigh-Bell, a small hollow ball, made of bell-metal, having a hole in it that passes half round its circumference, and containing a small solid ball, of a size not to escape.
1849 H. W. Longfellow Kavanagh xxviii The chiming sleigh-bells, beating as swift and merrily as the hearts of children.
1873 B. Harte Episode of Fiddletown 50 It was the sound of sleigh-bells.
b. Used for orchestral purposes.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > bell > [noun] > bells used in bands
sleigh-bell1895
cow-bell1926
1895 Army & Navy Stores List 1672 Sleigh Bells... Set of 12 on handle for Band or Orchestral use.
1898 Eng. Mechanic 8 July 481 ‘Sleigh-bells’ are generally strung on a wire in ring-form, and fitted with a handle.
c. sleigh-bell duck, the American black scoter.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Melanitta > melanitta nigra (scoter)
scoter1673
diver1678
whilka1705
sea-duck1753
whitewing1829
sleigh-bell duck1888
Siwash duck1911
1888 G. Trumbull Names & Portraits Birds 107 In the vicinity of Rangely Lake, Me., this bird is the Sleigh-bell Duck.
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