belled
adj/bɛld/
1
Having a bell attached.
- He rode back around the common, mustering every mob of horses except those which contained belled stock.1945, Tom Ronan, Strangers on the Ophir, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 125:
2
Government, Heraldry, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Monarchy, Nobility, Politics Having bells (especially around the neck of an animal).
- Or, three falcons close proper, belled gules, a mullet for difference.1910, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour, page 539:
3
Of a pipe or tube Having a thicker hollow end, for example to allow pipes to plug into each other.
- A pipe with one belled and one plain end.
- Derived terms
- belled buzzard, unbelled