Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The portion of a tower, usually near its summit, in which bells are hung.
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Examples
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Beyond the bell-chamber the rest of the ascent had to be made by means of a latter.
The Murder of Busy Lizzie Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 1973
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He found the staircase, and began to wend upwards to the bell-chamber.
Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea Tom Bevan
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Looking down, he saw a head rising from the tower steps into the bell-chamber; the sexton had come up to readjust the rope.
Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea Tom Bevan
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The upper stage of the lantern, above the roof as seen from within, was once a bell-chamber; its lights are not, and never have been, glazed.
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It was pointed out that Walsingham used his upper story as a bell-chamber, and argued that a true restoration should aim at reproducing this feature.
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He gained the next, and the next; he was twenty feet above the floor of the bell-chamber.
Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea Tom Bevan
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Where the bell-chamber now is there stood another rectangular mass, surmounted with four enormous balls, or apples, of bronze.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Upon these gigantic stone gratings, if I may be allowed the expression, the interior wall of the tower rests, and they also carry the entire weight of the bell-chamber and bells.
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The whole space is now completely open from the floor of the Cathedral to the wooden floor of the bell-chamber, which is painted underneath in blue and gold.
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First he was in the bell-chamber steadying himself by the beams of the cage, while he marked the wide-mouthed bells now open heavenwards, now turn back with a rush into the darkness below.
The Nebuly Coat John Meade Falkner 1895
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