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Meanings of belfry (belfries) in English

Russian
колокольни городов бельгии и франции
Portuguese
torre sineira
Catalan
beffroi
Spanish
beffroi
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Structure enclosing bells for ringing as part of building, usually as part of a bell tower or steeple.

колокольни городов бельгии и франции
Portuguese
campanário
Catalan
campanar

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

campanário

A tower in which bells are hung.

Usage of belfries in English
1
Here the church bells in the Spanish colonial belfries don't toll exactly.
The Irish Times
2
He was well content when the belfries of Doue came into sight.
No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee
3
Clock towers, steeples and belfries confused the horizon with hazy ominous shapes.
The last page
4
On the other side of the canal the belfries were ringing for vespers.
Bébée; Or, Two Little Wooden Shoes
5
Like watchmen from their belfries the city clocks answered it, one by one.
Hyperion
6
Tolls out from the dark belfries of the spruces.
Lundy's Lane, and Other Poems
7
You don't go looking at belfries with Charlie Thesiger.
The Belfry
8
This was blasted by lightning in 1194; nothing remained but the two belfries and the crypt.
The Cathedral
9
There are statues to the left, belfries to the right, gables and pinnacles wherever you look.
The South African
10
Suddenly I saw its fortifications lifting out of the fields, and behind them stood its belfries.
A Dreamer's Tales
11
Below the belfries, the tower flung out plunging arcs of stone called buttresses to steady itself.
Anathem
12
At Louvain the Belgians shot at us from their houses, from their belfries-Louvainno longer exists.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, ...
13
The clocks in the light gold-capped belfries of the town below presently intimated the half-hour after midday.
The World Set Free
14
Each has its two or three chapels, with their little belfries, which toll the hours of prayer.
The Lands of the Saracen / Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Si...
15
Around other towers and belfries his glass would reveal great flocks of birds, but here they never rested.
The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft
16
Just before leaving, I stood for a moment in front of the twin belfries with a friendly Canon.
A Time of Gifts
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Spanish
beffroi
Belfries through the time