wind-bell

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wind-bell (plural wind-bells)

  1. A bell, typically hung outdoors or in a window or door frame, that sounds when blown by the wind.
    • 1954, T.A.G. Hungerford, Sowers of the Wind, London: Mayflower-Dell, published 1967, page 236:
      The wind-bells jangled musically in the window as the curtain dropped against them.