bellfounding

English

Etymology

From bell +‎ founding.

Noun

bellfounding (uncountable)

1. The process of casting bells from metal.
   • 1878, Thomas North, The Church Bells of Northamptonshire: Their Inscriptions, Traditions, and Peculiar Uses:

     Indeed there is every reason for believing that at the Norman Conquest the art of bellfounding was well understood, and carried to great perfection in this country: the law of Curfew could not have been carried into effect if bells had not then been in general use.

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