passing-bell
See also: passing bell
English
editNoun
editpassing-bell (plural passing-bells)
- Alternative form of passing bell
- 1917, Wilfred Owen, Anthem for Doomed Youth
- What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
- — Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
- Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
- Can patter out their hasty orisons.
- 1917, Wilfred Owen, Anthem for Doomed Youth