Bellfounding

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process of casting bells from metal. uncountable

    "Indeed there is every reason for believing that at the Norman Conquest the art of bellfounding was well understood, and carried to great perfection in this country: the law of Curfew could not have been carried into effect if bells had not then been in general use."

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"Indeed there is every reason for believing that at the Norman Conquest the art of bellfounding was well understood, and carried to great perfection in this country: the law of Curfew could not have been carried into effect if bells had not then been in general use."

Etymology

From bell + founding.

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