bell-mouthed

adjective

Expanding at the mouth or opening; flared.

“a bell-mouthed gun”

Meanings

adjectivebell-mouthed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableExpanding at the mouth or opening; flared.

    a bell-mouthed gun

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    His bell-mouth'd goblet makes me feel quite Danish Or Dutch with thirst

    1819–1824, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London, (please specify |canto=I to XVII)

    He perceived it to be a drawing, by some first-rate artist, of the bell-mouthed flower Calycanthus, extremely rich and elaborate, and truly worthy of its imperial destination.

    1829, John Francis Davis, The Fortunate Union, page 143

    I could hear again the rifle's thin report, could note the whisper of the secret-loving paddle, the slipping of the snow-shoe on the snow, the clatter of the hoofs of horses, the baying of the bell-mouthed hounds.

    1895, Emerson Hough, The Singing Mouse Stories, page 175

    Brake linings on a bell-mouthed brake drum will make contact only on the inner surface of the drum.

    1986, Department of the Army, Operrator's Organizational, Direct Support and General Support Maintenance Manual For Truck, Firefightng, Dry Chemical AFFF, page 2450

    On a table stood a full carafe — one of those bell-mouthed Italian carafes, flanked by a black bottle.

    2009, Louis Begley, Anka Muhlstein, Venice for Lovers
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