单词 | bell-ringer |
释义 | bell-ringer|ˈbɛlˌrɪŋə(r)| [f. bell n.1] One whose business it is to ring a church or town bell at stated times or on stated occasions.
1543Bale Yet a Course 24 Parysh clarkes and bellryngers. 1682N. O. tr. Boileau's Lutrin iv. 133 Who should come in, but Girard the Bell-ringer? 1841Dickens Barn. Rudge 3/2 The parish clerk and bellringer of Chigwell. So bell-ringing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
c1315Shoreham 8 Holi thynges, As hali water..Liȝt, and bel-ryngynges. 1408E.E. Wills (1882) 15 Wyth Belle Ryngyng..and Masse of requiem. 1883Daily News 30 July 5/8 Bellringing showy equipages conducted by postillions and drawn by four strong horses. |

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