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

Under an unforgiving sun during a heat wave in July, Peter Schumann, the 89-year-old artistic director of Bread and Puppet Theater, rang a hand bell on a rolling hillside in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.

From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2023

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

Rita Carter, from Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, will ring an antique hand bell.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2012

A small hand bell was also rung by the parish clerk as he preceded the funeral procession, and the church bell was tolled before, at, and after the burial. 

From Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales by Owen, Elias