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ˈbellhouse arch. and dial.
Also 1 bell-hús, 4 belhows, 5 belhowse, bellehowse, 5–7 belhouse.
[f. bell n.1 + house.]
A tower or other erection for containing a bell or set of bells; a belfry; properly used of a detached structure, but also applied to the belfry of a church, etc.
a1000Thorpe Laws I. 190 (Bosw.) Gif ceorl hæfde fif hida aᵹenes landes, cirican and cycenan, bell-hus. a1100Gloss. in Wr-Wülcker Voc. 327 Cloccarium, uel lucar, Belhus c1425Ibid. 648 Hoc campanare, A⊇ belhowse. 1483Cath. Angl. 27/1 Belhouse, campanile. 1598Hakluyt Voy. I. 126 A Church and a Kitchin, a Belhouse, and a gate. 1766Entick London IV. 223 The bell-house stood on the said ground. 1855Whitby Gloss., Bell-house, the tower of a church, the belfry. |