One of a sect of philosophers in the Middle Ages, who
adopted the opinion of Roscelin, that general conceptions, or
universals, exist in name only.
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 . ....