Structure enclosing bells for ringing as part of building, usually as part of a bell tower or steeple.
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Examples for "belfry"
Examples for "belfry"
1It lies in the tower of the cathedral, close by the belfry.
2He peered around and saw the ladder on the belfry's right side.
3The moon had risen and shone upon the belfry like broad daylight.
4Roldan made a wild lurch for the projecting floor of the belfry.
5The San Gabriel belfry is well known in picture, song, and story.
1The old bell of the Beffroi tolled the hour of six.
2At seven o'clock, so 'twas said, the cannon would boom from the old Beffroi.
3This had occurred just as the bell of the old Beffroi chimed three-quarters after six.
4But there is no Flemish building here comparable with the Hôtel de Ville and the Beffroi of Douai.
5Thus they watched for hours whilst the bell of the Beffroi tolled all the hours of that tedious night.
6To the right Marguerite caught sight of the frowning Beffroi, which even as she gazed out began tolling its heavy bell.