belling

3 definitions found

belling - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bell \Bell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Belling.]
     To put a bell upon; as, to bell the cat.
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     2. To make bell-mouthed; as, to bell a tube.
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  Belling \Bell"ing\, n. [From Bell to bellow.]
     A bellowing, as of a deer in rutting time. --Johnson.
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belling - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  belling
      n 1: a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to
           a newly married couple [syn: shivaree, chivaree,
           charivari, callithump, callathump, belling]