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noun
1.
a set of stationary bells hung in a tower and sounded by manual or pedal action, or by machinery.
2.
a set of horizontal metal plates, struck by hammers, used in the modern orchestra.
Origin:
1765–75; < French: set of bells, Old French car(e)ignon, quarregnon < Vulgar Latin *quadriniōn-, re-formation of Late Latin quaterniōn- quaternion; presumably originally a set of four bells
1765–75; < French: set of bells, Old French car(e)ignon, quarregnon < Vulgar Latin *quadriniōn-, re-formation of Late Latin quaterniōn- quaternion; presumably originally a set of four bells
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carillon
1775, from Fr., from O.Fr. carignon "set of four bells," from L. quaternionem "set of four."
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