Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ship's_bell

1 sense of ship's bell

Sense 1
bell, ship's bell -- ((nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.)
       => time unit, unit of time -- (a unit for measuring time periods)