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Definition of Bell cote
1. Noun. A small shelter for bells; has a gable or shed roof.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bell Cote
Literary usage of Bell cote
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1881)
"There is also a Sanctus bell cote at Market Overton, Rutland. ... In Over Church,
Cambridgeshire, is a Sanctus bell cote with a Sanctus bell in it. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"A building, usually tower- like, intended for the housing and proper Bounding of
a bell, or bells, ^ especially, — bell cote AT ..."
3. Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society by Essex Archaeological Society (1865)
"roof has its apex cut off to make way for a simple bell cote. ... Over the entrance
gateway into the base court of Ingatestone Hall is a similar bell cote. ..."
4. Transactions by Ecclesiological Society, William Angus Knight, Wordsworth Society (1900)
"Had the ornament been originally constructed for a bell cote, the frame for the
bell would surely have been attached directly to it, and without the ..."
5. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1861)
"The plan consists of chancel, nave, south-west porch, and west bell-cote. ...
It is a single bell- cote, of massive design, rising well from a sort of ..."
6. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1900)
"Moreover, the chapel has a bell-cote, in which the Sanctus-bell was probably hung.
This bell cote forms the termination of a newel staircase at the ..."
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