English
Etymology
From bell + gable.
Noun
bell-gable (plural bell-gables)
- (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