belfry

Example Sentences

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The characters observe a belfry, she explained, and a portcullis blocking their entry.

From Los Angeles Times

Where some are gregarious and map a silver gridwork onto their containers, others abide the hours as living ornaments, suctioned into the belfries of their shells.

From New York Times

But the cathedral’s southern belfry where the 13-tonne bell - cast in 1681 and the second biggest in France - is housed, is structurally undamaged.

From Reuters

Around 500 firefighters struggled for 15 hours to prevent the fire spreading from the roof to the two belfry towers housing the cathedral bells.

From The Guardian

The belfry was dismantled a few years ago, with just the spire remaining in the Reynold’s Transfer & Storage parking lot.

From Washington Times