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bell·ing

 (bĕl′ĭng)
n. Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, & Michigan
See shivaree.
[From bell.]
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Noun1.belling - a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple
charivari, chivaree, shivaree, callathump, callithump
serenade - a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman
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