bell book

1. 1.

   a logbook in which all orders concerning the main engines of a ship are recorded

   Broaderlogbook

Questions about bell book

What does bell book mean?

bell book means "a logbook in which all orders concerning the main engines of a ship are recorded".

Is bell book a common word?

bell book is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.