belfry

belfry

belfry (plural belfries)

1. (obsolete) A moveable tower used in sieges.
2. (dialectal) A shed.
3. (obsolete) An alarm-tower; a watchtower containing an alarm-bell.
4. (architecture) A tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church.
5. (architecture) A part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells.
   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Episode 12, The Cyclops

     From the belfries far and near the funereal deathbell tolled unceasingly while all around the gloomy precincts rolled the ominous warning of a hundred muffled drums punctuated by the hollow booming of pieces of ordnance.

	campanile
	tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
	A tower in which bells are hung.

Altri significati:

(architecture) A tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church.

part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells

moveable tower used in sieges

(dialectal) A shed.

(obsolete) A moveable tower used in sieges.

(obsolete) An alarm-tower; a watchtower containing an alarm-bell.

watchtower containing an alarm-bell

(architecture) A part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells.

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