noun
Stedman
noun
1
A traditional method of change ringing (a pattern for ringing a set of church bells in a fixed sequence) used with an odd number of bells.
"The bell tower rang Stedman Triples every Sunday before the service."
How to Use Stedman
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA named pattern used by church bell-ringers, named after the man who invented it.
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You will only meet this term in the specialist world of English church-bell change ringing.
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Etymology
Named after Fabian Stedman, the 17th-century English bell-ringer who devised the method.