OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 35755

belfry

/ˈbɛlfɹi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
campanario • campanil • clochel • espadaña
A part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells.
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 t…
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