† ˈbellibone Obs. rare.
[? corruption of F. belle bonne or belle et bonne fair and good; if not a humorous perversion of bonnibel, q.v.]
A fair maid, a bonny lass.
| 1579 Spenser Sheph. Cal. Aug. 61, I saw the bouncing Bellibone. Ibid. Apr. 92 Gloss., A bellibone, or a Bonibell, homely spoken for a fair mayde, or Bonilasse. 1586 Webbe Eng. Poetrie 83 With a bellibone trym for to be loaden. |