hand bell

American  

Or handbell

noun

1. a small handheld bell, especially as part of a tuned set having different notes or pitches and played by a group.

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hand bell

In the film, the sweet-potato vendor has company: the garbage collector swinging a hand bell; the knife sharpener tooting a pan flute; the honey seller hollering as if calling for a lost dog.

From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2019

Moments later, he emerged with something in return: a tiny hand bell.

From The Verge ● Sep. 3, 2016

Then one day in Detroit, she met Susan Berry, an authority on hand bell ringing who owned a shop in Dearborn.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 12, 2015

Delyth Morris-Jones, from Aberystwyth in Ceredigion, will toll a hand bell and one of Wales' oldest pubs, the Skirrid Inn, Llanfihangel Crucorney in Monmouthsire, will chime its old ship's bell.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2012

To summon his attendant he usually approached the stairs, and rang a small hand bell, accompanying it with his deep-toned voice with the words: "Ahoy! ahoy! all hands ahoy!"

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 581, December 15, 1832 by Various