bellboxEtymologyFrom bell + box.nounA strong metal box that contains the ringing apparatus of an alarm.A bell-shaped apparatus used to extract broken rods from the bottom of a mine shaft.“My foreman with his faked assistant had littered the place with all my apparatus, my bellbox, my crowsfoot, the V-drills, the rods, and the weight, but Malone insisted that we disregard all that and descend ourselves to the lowest level.”