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Definition of belfries in English Turkish dictionary
- belfry
- çan kulesi
Yarasasız çan kulesi olamaz.
-How can you have a belfry without bats?
- belfry
- çanın üzerine asıldığı tahta iskele
- belfry
- çan kule
Yarasasız çan kulesi olamaz.
-How can you have a belfry without bats?
- belfry
- {i} çan kulesi sahanlığı
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Definition of belfries in English English dictionary
- plural of belfry
- belfry
- A moveable tower used in sieges
- belfry
- 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 the hollow booming of pieces of ordnance.
- belfry
- A tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
- belfry
- {n} a place where bells hang and are rung
- belfry
- An alarm-tower; a watchtower containing an alarm-bell
- belfry
- a room (often at the top of a tower) where bells are hung
- belfry
- Rooftop bell tower curved like the lower portion of a bell
- belfry
- A room in a tower in which a bell is or may be hung; or a cupola or turret for the same purpose
- belfry
- a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building
- belfry
- {i} bell tower of a church; room where bells are hung; (Slang) mind; head
- belfry
- A movable tower erected by besiegers for purposes of attack and defense
- belfry
- A bell tower, usually attached to a church or other building, but sometimes separate; a campanile
- belfry
- The belfry of a church is the top part of its tower, where the bells are. belfries a tower for a bell, especially on a church. Bell tower, either freestanding or attached to another structure. More particularly it refers to the room, usually at the top of such a tower, where the bells and their supporting timberwork are hung. The belfry is a prominent feature of Belgian Gothic architecture, especially in Flanders. The Halles (Market Hall) and belfry in Brugge (late 13th century) is a typical example. The term derives from the medieval siege tower (berfrei), a tall wooden structure that could be rolled up to a fortification wall so that the warriors hidden inside could storm the battlements
- belfry
- The chamber or tower where the bell is hung, whether free-standing or attached to the church
- belfry
- A shed
- belfry
- The framing on which a bell is suspended
- belfry
- the upper storey of a tower where bells are hung, or a special purpose building for the hanging of bells
- belfry
- An angular or curved projection of a building front filled by fenestration If curved, also called a bow window; if on an upper floor only, called an oriel or oriel window