Definition of "dressing-bell" [dressing-bell]

• A bell which is rung to alert people that it is time to get dressed, especially for dinner. (noun)

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• "At eight in the morning the dressing-bell rings, and a very few admirable people get up, take a walk on deck, and appear at breakfast at half-past eight."
• "But before the dressing-bell had rung he had been coaxed into a confidential strain and had told everything."
• "So very pleasantly the time passed by till the dressing-bell rang, and we ran away to our room."