A church bell, particularly a large bell used in medieval church steeples or towers.
A bell-shaped vase.
The evening bell, which continued to be rung in many towns after the regulation itself became obsolete.
Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time.
The time when such restriction begins.
A fireplace accessory designed to bank a fire by completely covering the embers.
A regulation in feudal Europe by which fires had to be covered up or put out at a certain fixed time in the evening, marked by the ringing of an evening bell.
A signal indicating this time.