A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net. The fowler's lowbell robs the lark of sleep. King.
A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep. A lowbell hung about a sheep's . . . neck. Howell.
To frighten, as with a lowbell.
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