from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • n. a small bell attached either to a horse when drawing a slegh, or to the sleigh itself; especially a globular bell with a loose ball which plays inside instead of a clapper.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  • n. A bell, commonly consisting of a hollow ball of metal having a slit or oblong hole in the exterior, and containing a solid pellet of metal which causes a ringing sound when the ball is agitated. Compare grelot and hawk-bell.


  • n. a bell attached to a sleigh, or to the harness of a horse that is pulling a sleigh


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