crotalとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

crotal (plural crotals)

1. A crotalum, a type of clapper used in Ancient Greece.
2. A small round bell or rattle; a jingle bell.
   • 1970, Dorothy Malone Anthony, The World of Bells, page 14:

     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.

   • 1978, Nathaniel Spear, A Treasury of Archaeological Bells, page 14:

     The tumuli of most of these people have yielded bells, of both the crotal and swinging-clapper varieties.

語源 2

From Scottish Gaelic crotal.

名詞

crotal (plural crotals)

1. Alternative form of crottle (“lichen used for dyeing”).

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