hand bell

a small handheld bell, especially as part of a tuned set having different notes or pitches and played by a group.

Words nearby hand bell

You must live with the handbell in your hand, that all may flee before you.

La Sorcire: The Witch of the Middle Ages |Jules Michelet
She rang her handbell, and when Maria appeared she questioned her on the reason of a crowd being admitted to the palace precincts.

A German Pompadour |Marie Hay
With widely-open eyes, the preacher flung himself against the mantel-piece and clutched at a handbell.

The Solitary Farm |Fergus Hume
"If there are no proceedings——" Maxon sharply struck the handbell on his table; Gibbons opened the door.

Mrs. Maxon Protests |Anthony Hope

At the sound of his handbell, the landlady, a buxom dame of forty-five autumns, hastened to the couch of her profitable visitor.

Roger Ingleton, Minor |Talbot Baines Reed

handbell

/ (ˈhændˌbɛl) /

a bell rung by hand, esp one of a tuned set used in musical performance