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bell buoy

noun

Nautical.
  1. a buoy having a bell that is rung by the motion of the buoy.


bell buoy

noun

  1. a navigational buoy fitted with a bell, the clapper of which strikes when the waves move the buoy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bell buoy1

First recorded in 1830–40
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The island is silent year-round except for the clanging of a bell buoy and the far-off drone of lobster boats.

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Listen for the gentle clanging of a bell buoy on Rosario Strait.

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A one tonne bell buoy installed 15 years ago to celebrate a town's maritime history has been stolen.

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At times, when his band mates were thrashing around him, his bass lines felt both rooted and freely bobbing, a bell buoy in heavy seas.

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The previous day, the unit had to reposition a large bell buoy, nine feet in diameter, near the Statue of Liberty that had been bashed by a barge and dragged south over half a mile.

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