Lowbell

n. [Eng. low, a flame, and bell.] 1. A bell used in fowling at night, to make the birds lie still until by a more violent noise and a sudden light they are alarmed and fly into the net. The fowler's lowbell robs the lark of sleep. King. 2. A bell to be hung on the necks of sheep, &c. “A lowbell hung about a sheep's . . . neck.” Howell. ☞ The phrase used by Beaumont and Fletcher, “Peace, gentle lowbell,” is thought by some to refer to the latter use, and so to be equivalent with “Peace, gentle sheep.”