n. A typically lofty structure attached to a church, town-house, or other public edifice, and generally intended to contain the bells of such edifice.n. A lofty head-dress worn by women in the fourteenth century. See hennin.n. A pyramidal pile or stack of fish set to dry. Also called pack. See the quotation under pack, 10 .To rise above other buildings or objects as a steeple or a spire.