bell button

Noun

 * 1) A small, round mechanical device which, when pressed, rings a bell to announce one's presence or call a servant, assistant, etc.
 * 2) A button in the form of a jingle bell, used as a fastener or decoration on a piece of clothing.
 * 3) * 1775,, The History of the American Indians, London: Edward and Charles Dilly, Chapter , Argument 17, p.171,
 * the young warriors now frequently fasten bell-buttons, or pieces of tinkling brass to their maccaseenes, and to the outside of their boots, instead of the old turky-cock-spurs which they formerly used.
 * 1) A button in the form of a jingle bell, used as a fastener or decoration on a piece of clothing.
 * 2) * 1775,, The History of the American Indians, London: Edward and Charles Dilly, Chapter , Argument 17, p.171,
 * the young warriors now frequently fasten bell-buttons, or pieces of tinkling brass to their maccaseenes, and to the outside of their boots, instead of the old turky-cock-spurs which they formerly used.
 * the young warriors now frequently fasten bell-buttons, or pieces of tinkling brass to their maccaseenes, and to the outside of their boots, instead of the old turky-cock-spurs which they formerly used.