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See also:BELFRY (See also:Mid. Eng. berfrey, through Med. See also:Lat. berefredus, from Teut. bergfrid or bercvrit, which, according to the New Eng. Dict., is a See also:combination of See also:bergen, to protect, and frida, safety or See also:peace; the word thus meaning a shelter; the See also:change from r to 1,—
cf. See also:almery for armarium,—wrongly associated the origin of the word with " See also:bell," and aided the restriction in meaning), a word in See also:medieval See also:siege-See also:craft for a movable
wooden See also:tower of several stages, protected with raw hides, used for purposes of attack; also a See also:watch-tower, particularly one with an alarm bell; hence any detached tower or campanile containing bells, as at See also:Evesham, but more generally the ringing See also:room or See also:loft of the tower of a See also: |
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