belled

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛld/
  • Rhymes: -ɛld

Adjective

belled (not comparable)

  1. Having a bell attached.
    • 1945, Tom Ronan, Strangers on the Ophir, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 125:
      He rode back around the common, mustering every mob of horses except those which contained belled stock.
  2. (heraldry) Having bells (especially around the neck of an animal).
    A falcon belled.
    • 1910, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour, page 539:
      Or, three falcons close proper, belled gules, a mullet for difference.
  3. (of a pipe or tube) Having a thicker hollow end, for example to allow pipes to plug into each other.
    A pipe with one belled and one plain end.

Derived terms

Verb

belled

  1. simple past and past participle of bell

References

  • The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at

Anagrams

Tarifit

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بلد (ballad).

Verb

belled (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴻⵍⵍⴻⴷ)

  1. to acclimatize, to habituate
  2. to take up residence in

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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