bellcote

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A form of bell cot — A small or subsidiary construction, frequently corbelled out from the walls of a structure, and used to contain and support one or more bells.

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Meanings

nounbellcote (plural bellcotes)

plural bellcotes

  1. alternativeAlternative form of bell cot.

    Doncaster's Church of St James dates from 1858 (bellcote raised in 1860).

    2022 September 7, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Railway towns and a social revolution”, in RAIL, number 965, page 60
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    St Cuthbert's stands among trees at one corner of the green, and has a 17th-century bellcote decorated with stone balls and a stubby spire.

    1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 174

Origin

From bell + cote.

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Chicago

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