clock tower
See also: clocktower
English
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Noun
[edit]clock tower (plural clock towers)
- (architecture) A tower, usually in a prominent position, having a large clock in a high position, often with several faces.
- 1969, C. P. Fitzgerald, “The Spirit of Invention”, in The Horizon History of China[1], New York: American Heritage Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 155:
- An astronomical clock tower, built at K'ai-feng in the eleventh century under imperial orders, relied on a highly sophisticated combination of water-driven gears (seen at right center in the cutaway diagram above) to rotate an armillary sphere (under the thatched roof) and a celestial globe (located within the tower on the second floor).
- 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 164:
- This one is surmounted by a clock-tower with a bent weather-vane - the latter being the only disorderly object in sight.
- 2022 November 16, Paul Stephen, “Stations earn a deserved NRA ovation: Medium: Bolton”, in RAIL, number 970, page 48:
- However, the Victorian platform buildings all survive, and the station's iconic clock tower (built in 1899) was dismantled and rebuilt alongside the current frontage.
Translations
[edit]tower having a large clock
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Further reading
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