Lowbell

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net. The fowler's lowbell robs the lark of sleep. King.

2. A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep. A lowbell hung about a sheep's . . . neck. Howell.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To frighten, as with a lowbell.