Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bell \Bell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Belling}.]
   To put a bell upon; as, to bell the cat.

   2. To make bell-mouthed; as, to bell a tube.

Belling \Bell"ing\, n. [From {Bell} to bellow.]
   A bellowing, as of a deer in rutting time. --Johnson.

Source : WordNet®

belling
     n : a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to
         a newly married couple [syn: {shivaree}, {chivaree}, {charivari},
          {callithump}, {callathump}]