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Definition of Handbell
1. Noun. A bell that is held in the hand.
Definition of Handbell
1. Noun. (music) A small bell designed to be rung by hand. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Handbell
1. a small bell with a handle [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Handbell
Literary usage of Handbell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Extracts from the Council Register of the Burgh of Aberdeen by Aberdeen (Scotland) (1872)
"... for a new handbell. 19 January 1648. The said day, the provest, baillies, and
counsell ... to send with all diligence to Flanders for ane new handbell, ..."
2. Aberystwyth and Its Court Leet by George Eyre Evans (1902)
"This entry is of importance, as it shows that in 1729 it was customary to ring
or toll a handbell before funerals. There is, said the Rev. ..."
3. The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist,: A Quarterly Journal and Review edited by Llewellyn Frederick William Jewitt, John Charles Cox, John Romilly Allen (1872)
"... whit bustean j albe j alter clothe of the same j handbell j litle bell in the
... thereto belonging j bell ij alter clothes ij towells j handbell & the ..."
4. The Inventories of Church Goods for the Counties of York, Durham, and by William Page (1897)
"Item, one Messe Boke. Item, one sacring bell. Item, ¡i handbell. ... Item« ij
table clothes, one bell and one handbell. ..."
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