bell-gable

See also: bell gable

English

A simple bell gable at the St. James' Church in the town of Entença, near the Pyrenees.

Alternative forms

• bell gable

Etymology

bell +‎ gable

Noun

bell-gable (plural bell-gables)

1. (architecture) An element crowning the upper end of the wall of a church and in which a bell is hung, usually in lieu of a campanile or bell tower.

Translations

an architectural element

• Basque: kanpai-horma
• Catalan: espadanya (ca) f, campanar de cadireta (ca) m, campanar de paret (ca) m
• Dutch: klokkengevel m
• Esperanto: sonorilmuro
• French: clocher-mur (fr) m
• Galician: espadana f
• German: Glockengiebel m
• Italian: campanile a vela m
• Luxembourgish: Klackegiewel m
• Occitan: campanar de paret m
• Polish: dzwonnica parawanowa f
• Romanian: zvoniță f
• Russian: зво́нница (ru) f (zvónnica)
• Spanish: espadaña (es) f
• Swedish: klockgavel c
• Ukrainian: ши́рмова дзвіниця f (šýrmova dzvinycja)

Further reading

• bell-gable on Wikipedia.Wikipedia