a device that produces a stream of air through a narrow tube when its sides are pressed together: used in pipe organs, for blowing fires, etc.
anything like a bellows, as the folding part of some cameras, the lungs, etc.
Bellows,
George (Wesley) 1882-1925; U.S. painter
See bellows in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(bĕlˈōz, -əz)
plural noun(used with a sing. or pl. verb)
a. An apparatus for producing a strong current of air, as for sounding a pipe organ or increasing the draft to a fire, consisting of a flexible, valved air chamber that is contracted and expanded by pumping to force the air through a nozzle.
b. Something, such as the pleated windbag of an accordion, that resembles this apparatus.
The lungs.
(bĕlˈōz), George Wesley 1882-1925.
American artist noted for his energetic paintings of sporting scenes, such as Stag at Sharkey's (1907).