crotal
Collocations
2ADJ.
used
CROTAL + NOUN
bell, sleigh, varieties
Definitions
noun
A crotalum, a type of clapper used in Ancient Greece.
A small round bell or rattle; a jingle bell.
The earliest type animal bell used was the crotal or sleigh bell. Rather than a round ball as we know it today, it was a birdcage style with pebble rolling around inside.
The tumuli of most of these people have yielded bells, of both the crotal and swinging-clapper varieties.
noun
Alternative form of crottle (“lichen used for dyeing”).
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Synonyms
noun — any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which redd
- crottle
- crottal
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2The earliest type animal bell used was the crotal or sleigh bell. Rather than a round ball as we know it today, it was a birdcage style with pebble rolling around inside.
WiktionaryThe tumuli of most of these people have yielded bells, of both the crotal and swinging-clapper varieties.
Wiktionary