Bellfounding
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"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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