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Definition of Belfry

1. Noun. A bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building.

2. Noun. A room (often at the top of a tower) where bells are hung.

Definition of Belfry

1. n. A movable tower erected by besiegers for purposes of attack and defense.

Definition of Belfry

1. Noun. (obsolete) A moveable tower used in sieges. ¹

2. Noun. (context: dialectal) A shed. ¹

3. Noun. (obsolete) An alarm-tower; a watchtower containing an alarm-bell. ¹

4. Noun. (architecture) A tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church. ¹

5. Noun. (architecture) A part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Belfry

1. a bell tower [n -FRIES] : BELFRIED [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Belfry

beleft beleive beleived beleiver beleives beleiving belemnite belemnites belemnitic belemnoid

belendorffite belepered beletter belfried belfries belfry (current term) belga belgard belgards belgas

belibel belibelled belibelling belibels belick belie belied belief belief system belief systems

Literary usage of Belfry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Thomas Herbert Dickinson, Joseph Quincy Adams, Joaquin Miller, Robert B. Honeyman (1883)
"In the market-place of Bruges stands the belfry. THE belfry OF BRUGES. Not a sound rose from the city at that early old and brown ; Thrice consumed and ..."

2. A History of Architecture in All Countries, from the Earliest Times to the by James Fergusson (1893)
"The belfry at Ghent was commenced in 1183, but the stone-work was only completed in 1337. ... The belfry of Brussels was one of the finest in the country, ..."

3. Handbook to the Cathedrals of England by Richard John King (1876)
"The upper, or belfry-stage, differs remarkably in the features of it* design from the rest, having circular turrets on the angles, and piercings in the ..."

4. Carillons of Belgium and Holland: Tower Music in the Low Countries by William Gorham Rice (1914)
"Standing as a conspicuous emblem of municipal liberties, the belfry is ... To say that belfry in its origin is not connected with bell appears to deny what ..."

5. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"belfry-Framing. The belfry is to be framed as per framing-plans and as herein ... The belfry-posts are to be turned from 10 by lo-inch cypress (cedar, ..."

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