\Low"bell`\, n. [Low a flame + bell.]
1. A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and,
   with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net.
         The fowler's lowbell robs the lark of sleep. --King.
2. A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep.
         A lowbell hung about a sheep's . . . neck. --Howell.

\Low"bell`\, v. t.
To frighten, as with a lowbell.