wind-bell

noun

A bell, typically hung outdoors or in a window or door frame, that sounds when blown by the wind.

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Meanings

nounwind-bell (plural wind-bells)

plural wind-bells

  1. A bell, typically hung outdoors or in a window or door frame, that sounds when blown by the wind.

    The wind-bells jangled musically in the window as the curtain dropped against them.

    1954, T.A.G. Hungerford, Sowers of the Wind, London: Mayflower-Dell, published 1967, page 236
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APA

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Chicago

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