English Dictionary

belfry

/ˈbɛlfɹi/

noun

(architecture) A tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church. / (architecture) A part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells.

The bats flew out of the belfry at dusk.

意味（1）

(architecture) A tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church.

意味（2）

(architecture) 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.

意味（3）

(dialectal) A shed.

意味（4）

(obsolete) A movable tower used in sieges.

意味（5）

(obsolete) An alarm-tower; a watchtower containing an alarm-bell.