| 单词 | ringing loft |
| 释义 | > as lemmasringing loft ringing loft n. the place below a belfry where bell-ringers stand. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > tower or steeple > [noun] > bell-tower > room within for bell-ringers ringing loft1620 1620 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 170 £3 towards the buildinge of the Ringinge Lofte. 1771 F. Fleming Life & Adventures Timothy Ginnadrake I. ii. 31 While Tim was in the zenith of his amusement the prayers ended, and poor Tim was locked into the ringing loft. 1848 J. H. Parker Rickman's Styles Archit. Eng. (ed. 5) 153 They are not used in the bell-chamber, but in the ringing-loft to give air to the ringers. 2007 M. Child Discovering Churches & Churchyards 104 These so-called sound holes obviously enabled the sound of the bells to be heard more clearly, but they were also a means of allowing ventilation into the ringing lofts. < as lemmas |
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