Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Lowbell

Lowbell , noun

[Low a flame + bell.]

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

Lowbell , transitive verb

To frighten, as with a lowbell.