n. A set of bells, often in a bell tower, sometimes operated by means of a keyboard (manual or pedal), originating from the Low Countries.
n. A tune adapted to be played by musical bells.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger keys.
n. A tune adapted to be played by musical bells.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A set of stationary bells tuned so as to play regularly composed melodies, and sounded by the action of the hand upon a keyboard or by machinery.
n. A small instrument furnished with bells, properly tuned, and with finger-keys like those of the pianoforte.
n. A simple air adapted to be performed on a set of bells.
n. The rapid ringing of several large bells at the same time, with no attempt to produce a tune or the effect of tolling.
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n. set of bells hung in a bell tower
n. playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower
Word Usage
"It was a carillon, that is, a continued mass of real music, in which whole tunes, songs, and elaborate pieces of such length, mass and harmony, as only a choir of many voices, a band of music, or an orchestra of many performers could produce."