concept
Nabat (Tocsin)
nabat
also: набат, tocsin
The emergency alarm bell-pattern used across Russian villages and towns to sound alarm for fire, flood, or attack -- a distinctive, rapid, non-liturgical ringing instantly distinguished from ordinary church bells.
Reading notes
- An Unkind Night §16 звон набата
The nabat was the emergency tocsin -- a distinctive, rapid, non-liturgical pattern of bell-ringing used across Russian villages and towns to sound alarm for fire, flood, or attack, instantly recognizable and distinguished from ordinary church bell-ringing.