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US
/ˈbɛɫfɹi/
]
[ UK /bˈɛlfɹi/ ]
[ UK /bˈɛlfɹi/ ]
NOUN
- a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building
- a room (often at the top of a tower) where bells are hung
How To Use belfry In A Sentence
- The church was built in a Gothic style with a belfry.
- The stone cross which stood on top of the belfry was set in the boundary wall of the cemetery where it remains evident to this time.
- He'll be driving through the gates at The Belfry a man happy with his lot and his position in the game.
- When she called a shepherd from his flocks in the green valley to build for her a bell-tower so that she might hear, night and morning, the call to the altar, the shepherd built for her in such fashion that the belfry has been the Pharos of Art for five centuries. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida
- She sat in the churchyard of the ancient parish church of Ruthven; and when she lifted up her eyes, there she saw, in the half-ruined belfry, the old bell, all but hidden with ivy, which the passing wind had roused to utter one sleepy tone; and there beside her, stood the fool with the bell on his arm; and to him and to her the _wow o 'Rivven_ said, "_Come hame, come hame_! The Portent & Other Stories
- But despite its theme the Belfry is not quite a place for quiet contemplation, especially on weekend nights, when there is a real buzz to the place.
- Constant ringing for 230 years had taken its toll on the belfry and bells.
- The church is of basic design – the tiny, harled building has no belfry – and is surrounded by an old kirkyard. Country diary: Dalarossie Church
- The louvres in the eight sound openings to the spire's belfry are unsafe and have been covered in green netting for more than two years.
- The last rang in my ears like a bell's dying toll from a belfry.