| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| bells at morning, noon, night |
angelus
|
| room (often at the top of a tower) where bells are hung |
belfry
|
| small shelter for bells; has a gable or shed roof |
bell cot
,
bell cote
|
| floor under the bells of an open belfry |
bell deck
|
| person who casts metal bells |
bell founder
|
| foundry where bells are cast |
bell foundry
|
| bronze with 3 or 4 parts copper to 1 part tin; used in making bells |
bell metal
|
| person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation) |
bell ringer
,
ringer
,
toller
|
| sound of someone playing a set of bells |
bell ringing
|
| playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower |
bell ringing
,
carillon
,
carillon playing
|
| percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument |
bell
,
chime
,
gong
|
| (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m. |
bell
,
ship's bell
|
| study of bells |
campanology
|
| set of bells hung in a bell tower |
carillon
|
| keyboard, tower bells played by |
carillon
|
| bells, ringing of a set of |
carillon
,
peal
,
tintinnabulation
|
| ringing of set of chimes or bells with all possible variations |
change ringing
|
| ringing tuned bells in a fixed order that is continually changing |
change ringing
|
| Eurasian checkered lily with pendant flowers usually veined and checkered with purple or maroon on a pale ground and shaped like the bells carried by lepers in medieval times; widely grown as an ornamental |
checkered daffodil
,
Fritillaria meleagris
,
guinea-hen flower
,
leper lily
,
snake's head fritillary
|
| group of tuned bells or their ringing |
chime
|
