car·il·lon (kār'ə-lŏn', -lən) n. A stationary set of chromatically tuned bells in a tower, usually played from a keyboard. A composition written or arranged for these bells. intr.v.
car·il·lonned, car·il·lon·ning, car·il·lons To play a carillon.
[French, alteration of Old French quarregnon, from Late Latin quaterniō, quaterniōn-, set of four; see quaternion.] |