† ˈwakerell Obs.
Forms: 5 wakerrell, 6 wag(g)erell, wak(e)rell(e, (wakeryng), 7 wackerell.
[App. f. waker n. + -el.]
The name given in Kent to a church bell (? the sanctus bell). Also wakerell bell, wakerell rope.
| 1485 Churchw. Acc. St. Dunstan's, Canterb. in Archæol. Cant. XVI. 292 Item for a rope for the wakerrell, iij d. 1545 Ibid. XVII. 107 Item payde for ye wakerell rope, v d. 1552 Ibid. VIII. 115 Item iij bells in the Steple & a waggerell bell. 1602 Church-w. Presentm. in N. & Q. Ser. ix. VIII. 405/2 We want one bell and a wackerell, which were sold away [etc.]. |