bell buoy

nounNautical.

a buoy having a bell that is rung by the motion of the buoy.

Origin of bell buoy

First recorded in 1830–40

Words Nearby bell buoy

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How to use bell buoy in a sentence

Presently the major, booming away like a bell buoy, became aware that his audience had dwindled.
The Escape of Mr. Trimm | Irvin S. Cobb
But he could feel it emerging from the mist just as a pilot sights the bell-buoy that marks his changing channel.
The Shadow | Arthur Stringer
Far off, mournfully the bell-buoy sent in its blur of musical tolling across the moving sea-floor.
Cursed | George Allan England
The dogged booming of a gun from a shore battery sounded lonely and remote as a bell buoy.
The Long Roll | Mary Johnston
The bell buoy still clanging its message, now a false message indeed, was drifting out to sea.
Witches Cove | Roy J. Snell

British Dictionary definitions for bell buoy

bell buoy

noun

a navigational buoy fitted with a bell, the clapper of which strikes when the waves move the buoy

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