Obs. rare. [? corruption of F. belle bonne or belle et bonne fair and good; if not a humorous perversion of BONNIBEL, q.v.] A fair maid, a bonny lass.
1579. Spenser, Sheph. Cal., Aug., 61. I saw the bouncing Bellibone. Ibid., April, 92. Gloss., A bellibone, or a Bonibell, homely spoken for a fair mayde, or Bonilasse.
1586. W. Webbe, Eng. Poetrie, 83. With a bellibone trym for to be loaden.
