ship's bells
English
Noun
ship
's
bells
pl
(
plural only
)
The
strokes
on a
ship
's
bell
, every
half hour
, to
mark
the
passage
of
time
. In each of the day's six
watches
of four
hours
, one bell marks the end of the first half hour, eight bells marks the end of the watch.
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