bellcote

English

Etymology

From bell +‎ cote.

Noun

bellcote (plural bellcotes)

1. Alternative form of bell cot.
   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 174:

     St Cuthbert's stands among trees at one corner of the green, and has a 17th-century bellcote decorated with stone balls and a stubby spire.

   • 2022 September 7, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Railway towns and a social revolution”, in RAIL, number 965, page 60:

     Doncaster's Church of St James dates from 1858 (bellcote raised in 1860).

References

• “bellcote”, in Collins English Dictionary.