| a small handheld bell, esp. as part of a tuned set having different notes or pitches and played by a group. |
handbell
small bell-usually of brass or bronze but sometimes of copper, clay, porcelain, glass, wood, or other hard material-with an attached stem, loop, or leather strap for a handle; most have a clapper, though some are struck externally. The earliest handbells were probably of beaten copper, but since the Bronze Age most metal bells have been cast.
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