BELL BOOK Definition & Meaning

bell book

noun

Nautical.

a book in which all orders affecting the main engines of a ship are recorded.

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Origin of bell book¹

So called from the special use of bells on a ship

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The Entourage movie hits theaters tomorrow, but maybe if people see the misogyny and racism revealed in this “honest trailer,” they’ll boycott it and stay home to read bell books instead.

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It was not till after they had learned with bell book and candle to curse the white man, and teach sedition and murder to the slaves.

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