SG Heritage Dictionary

Lowbell [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A kind of fowling in the night, in which the birds are wakened by a bell, and blinded by light, so as to be easily taken.

Lowbell [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To scare, as with a lowbell

Lowbell [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

Lowbell [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To frighten, as with a lowbell.