bellows

Definitions


[ˈbɛləʊz], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a device with an air bag that emits a stream of air when squeezed together with two handles, used for blowing air into a fire
(e.g: stoking up the fire with the bellows)

- an object or device with concertinaed sides to allow it to expand and contract, such as a tube joining a lens to a camera body


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Origin:
Middle English: probably from Old English belga, plural of belig (see belly), used as a shortened form of earlier blǣstbelig ‘blowing bag’




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