MEANING
A small open structure on a roof or wall that supports one or more bells.
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Words that belong together
- stone bellcote
- chapel bellcote
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A single bell hung in the chapel’s stone bellcote.
The bellcote remained upright after the roof collapsed.
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- bellcote
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular bellcote; plural bellcotes. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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