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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The continuation upward of a portion of a wall terminated by a small gable, and pierced to receive one or more bells. Such a feature sometimes surmounts the apex of a church-gable.
- noun Any gable when the wall composing it is pierced for bells.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an extension of a gable that serves as a bell cote
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