Middle English Dictionary Entry
clochẹ̄r n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | clochẹ̄r n.(1) Also cloker, clogere. |
| Etymology | OF clochier bell tower. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A bell tower, belfry, campanile.
Associated quotations
- (1354) Mem.Ripon in Sur.Soc.8192 : Emendatis diversos defectus in clocher.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)82 : Clokerre [vrr. clocherre, cloker] or belfray: Campanile.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)10569 : A wynd þere was..that houses and clochers hit threw adown.
- a1500 Rule Minoresses (Bod 585)104/1 : Þey schul ringe þe grete belle in þe clogere for complin.