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Definition of Belling

1. Noun. A noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple.

Definition of Belling

1. n. A bellowing, as of a deer in rutting time.

Definition of Belling

1. Verb. (present participle of bell) ¹

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Definition of Belling

1. a mock serenade for newlyweds [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Belling

Literary usage of Belling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"belling THE CAT LONG ago, the mice had a general council to consider what measures they could take to outwit their common enemy, the Cat. ..."

2. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"COK belling That carrying a part of the front of a house on the Rio délia Fava, Venice. A narrow calle, leads to a flight of steps at the water's edge, ..."

3. Out West: A Magazine of the Old Pacific and the New by Charles Fletcher Lummis, Archaeological Institute of America Southwest Society, Sequoya League (1908)
"If the "serpent" were forcibly straightened out and the "belling" ... 6 Italian Lute. belling of the horn combining to produce a clear, resonant tone. ..."

4. Music (1894)
"A Programme of American Compositions. By FREDERIC W- ROOT- Schopenhauer in Relation to Music. By DR. KARL JULIUS belling- Jenny Lind and the Old Songs. ..."

5. Chapters on Papermaking by Clayton Beadle (1907)
"belling "—"Nip "—Extra water—" Froth bells "—" Outweights ... The " belling " is always worse when steam is used to heat the stuff. ..."

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