Noun: belling be-ling
Usage: archaic
Usage: archaic
- A noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple
"The newlyweds were startled by the belling outside their window";
- shivaree, chivaree, charivari, callithump, callathump
- Attach a bell to
"bell cows"
- Shape to flare out like a bell
"The skirt bells at the bottom, creating a graceful silhouette"
Derived forms: bellings
Encyclopedia: Belling, Mark
Bell, Mary