Meaning of bell-mouthed | Babel Free

Definitions

Expanding at the mouth or opening; flared.

not-comparable

Examples

“a bell-mouthed gun”

“His bell-mouth'd goblet makes me feel quite Danish Or Dutch with thirst”

“He perceived it to be a drawing, by some first-rate artist, of the bell-mouthed flower Calycanthus, extremely rich and elaborate, and truly worthy of its imperial destination.”

“I could hear again the rifle's thin report, could note the whisper of the secret-loving paddle, the slipping of the snow-shoe on the snow, the clatter of the hoofs of horses, the baying of the bell-mouthed hounds.”

“Brake linings on a bell-mouthed brake drum will make contact only on the inner surface of the drum.”

“On a table stood a full carafe — one of those bell-mouthed Italian carafes, flanked by a black bottle.”

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