What is "lowbell"

Lowbell \Low"bell`\, n. [Low a flame + bell.]

1. 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.

2. A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep.

   A lowbell hung about a sheep's . . . neck.
   --Howell.

Lowbell \Low"bell`\, v. t. To frighten, as with a lowbell.

n. 1 A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net. 2 A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep.