Definition of Bellcote

1. an ornamental bell tower [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bellcote

belladonna lily
belladonna ophthalmologic
belladonna tincture
belladonnas
belladonnine
bellarmine
bellbergite
bellbind
bellbinds
bellbird
bellbirds
bellbottom trousers
bellbottoms
bellboy
bellboys
bellcote (current term)
bellcotes
belle
belle-lettrist
belle-lettrists
belle de nuit
belle esprit
belle indifference
belle laide
belle of the ball
belled
belled the cat
belledom
belleek
belleeks

Literary usage of Bellcote

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

1. Antiquary: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1885)
"The W. bellcote has been stated to be Norman, but it is apparently not earlier than 1200. It has space for two bells, and is divided by a large buttress ..."

2. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1865)
"A single bellcote crowns the west gable. There is much merit in the design. The material is brick, skilfully used and contrasted : the windows, arcades, ..."

3. The Cheshire Sheaf edited by Francis Sanders, William Ferguson Irvine, J. Brownbill (1896)
"As the priest said the " Sanctus" the custom was to toll three strokes on a bell, which was hung in a bellcote between the chancel and the nave, ..."

4. Report of the Rugby School Natural History Society by Rugby School Natural History Society (1880)
"In pre-Reformation times most churches had, besides the large bells, one small bell hung either in the tower or in a little bellcote over the chancel arch. ..."

5. Stratford-on-Avon from the Earliest Times to the Death of Shakespeare by Sidney Lee (1907)
"The Arms of Lucy Bidford Hillborough Charlecote, the Stables and bellcote . Anne Hathaway's Cottage at Shottery Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Interior . ..."

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