A bell made from corn husks or used to signal during corn harvests, particularly in agricultural communities.
Compound of corn + bell, from Old English belle meaning 'to ring.' Used historically in rural areas to call workers or announce harvest time.
Before electric alerts, farmers used simple sound signals—cornbells were part of the acoustic landscape of harvest season, a low-tech communication system that shaped entire communities' rhythms.
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