wind chimes

wind chimes [wind] Word Origin plural noun

1. an arrangement of bells, bamboo pipes, or glass or ceramic fragments hung so as to strike each other and tinkle when moved by the wind or, in orchestration, touched by the hand.

Origin of wind chimes First recorded in 1925–30 British Dictionary definitions for wind chime wind chimes pl n

1. a decorative arrangement of small discs of metal, shell, etc, hung near a window or door, that shake together with a tinkling sound in a draught