Definition of Sheep bell

1. Noun. A bell hung round the neck of a sheep so that the sheep can be easily located.

Generic synonyms: Bell

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheep Bell

sheep-dip
sheep-dipped
sheep-dipping
sheep-dips
sheep-faced
sheep-headed
sheep-like
sheep-pox
sheep-pox virus
sheep-run
sheep-shagger
sheep-shaggers
sheep-split
sheep-splits
sheep-tick
sheep bell (current term)
sheep botfly
sheep bots
sheep dip
sheep diseases
sheep dog
sheep fescue
sheep frog
sheep gadfly
sheep ked
sheep laurel
sheep louse
sheep pen
sheep plant
sheep polyphore

Literary usage of Sheep bell

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

1. Western Live-stock Management by Ermine Lawrence Potter, Carl N. Kennedy, George Roy Samson, Oran Milton Nelson (1917)
"sheep bell. The old practice of using a sheep bell on the leader of a flock is a good one in regions where pastures run back into wooded land and where ..."

2. Western Live-stock Management by Ermine Lawrence Potter, Carl N. Kennedy, George Roy Samson, Oran Milton Nelson (1917)
"sheep bell. The old practice of using a sheep bell on the leader of a flock is a good one in regions where pastures run back into wooded land and where ..."

3. Miscellanies (second Series) by Austin Dobson (1901)
"You must keep yourself steady!” ARCADIA. “I can hear a sheep-bell.” “There are doves cooing yonder.” “It sounds like a spell,— I can hear a sheep-bell. ..."

4. The Living Authors of England by Thomas Powell (1849)
"The sheep-bell was the one remembrance, the one thought still dwelling in my brain, ... And the scene charmed by the simple sheep-bell? ..."

5. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1892)
"I can hear a sheep-bell." " There are doves cooing yonder." " It sounds like a spell; I can hear a sheep-bell." " Shall we like this as well in a ..."

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