belfries
Church tower chambers
Belfries is the plural of belfry, a bell tower or the part of a tower where bells hang.
The phrase bats in the belfry means crazy or eccentric—the head imagined as a tower with bats flapping around inside.
The church belfries dotted the village skyline.
Freestanding tower for bells
- steeplePointed church tower
- church towerVertical structure on chapel
- spireTapering architectural peak
- turretProtruding fortified structure
cupola · lantern · louvers · timber frame · stone tower · gothic · medieval · cathedral
Tuned bronze bell instrument
- pealResonant ringing burst
- chimeMelodic bell sound
- tollingSlow, solemn bell-ringing
- ringingSustained resonant sound
clapper · swinging · resonance · vibration · tintinnabulation · vespers · call to prayer · death knell
campanile
Freestanding tower for bells
- steeplePointed church tower
- church towerVertical structure on chapel
- spireTapering architectural peak
turret · cupola · lantern · louvers · timber frame · stone tower · gothic · medieval · cathedral · abbey
carillon
Tuned bronze bell instrument
ringing · clapper · swinging · resonance · vibration · tintinnabulation · vespers · call to prayer · death knell · summoning
bats
Flying nocturnal mammals
doves · swallows · nesting · wildlife · cobwebs · dust · abandoned · darkness · rafters · beams
bats
Flying nocturnal mammals
sanity · mental · peculiar · odd · unhinged · deranged · lunatic · batty · dotty · touched
- BelgiumBrussels, Belgium, Flanders, Antwerp, Bruges
- bellschurch bells, tower bells, cowbell, cowbells, dinner bells
- Belgian cultureBelgian waffles, Brussels waffles, pralines, speculoos, frites
- FlandersFlanders, Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Limburg
- sacred architecturechurch, churches, cathedral, cathedrals, temple
- dwellingshouse, home, apartment, cabin, cottage