belled

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛld/

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• 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).
   • 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

• belled buzzard
• unbelled

Verb

belled

1. simple past and past participle of bell

References

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

Anagrams

• Bedell, bedell

Tarifit

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بلد (ballad).

Pronunciation

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Verb

belled (verbal noun abelled, Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴻⵍⵍⴻⴷ)

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

Conjugation

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Related terms

• abeldi (“local”)
• (verbal noun) abelled (“word”)
• lbaladiyya (“municipality”)