lowbell

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lowbell, n. [Low a flame + bell.].

•  A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net.  [1913 Webster]

  "The fowler's lowbell robs the lark of sleep."  [1913 Webster]
•  A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep.  [1913 Webster]

  "A lowbell hung about a sheep's . . . neck."  [1913 Webster]

lowbell, v. t. 

 To frighten, as with a lowbell.  [1913 Webster]