ˈlarum-bell Obs. exc. poet.
[f. larum n. + bell.]
= alarm-bell.
| 1568 T. Howell Arb. Amitie (1879) 57 Lest by the way some watchman lay, to ring the larome bell. 1590 Spenser F.Q. ii. ix. 25. 1597 Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, iii. i. 17. 1609 Heywood Brit. Troy xv. lxxi, The Larum Bels of death on all sides ringing. a 1634 Chapman Alphonsus Plays 1873 III. 248 Run to the Tow'r and Ring the Larum Bell. 1813 Scott Rokeby ii. xxv, Ring out the castle larum bell! |