What's the difference between belfry and watchtower?
Belfry
Definition:
(n.) A movable tower erected by besiegers for purposes of attack and defense.
(n.) A bell tower, usually attached to a church or other building, but sometimes separate; a campanile.
(n.) A room in a tower in which a bell is or may be hung; or a cupola or turret for the same purpose.
(n.) The framing on which a bell is suspended.
Example Sentences:
(1) Of a sudden from the belfry in the square there broke out again a wild midnight peal of bells.
(2) and Corvus frugilegus L. in the belfries and lofts of churches.
(3) 8 Seve Ballesteros at the Belfry 10th The Brabazon course opened at the Belfry in 1978 with Britain v Europe in the Hennessy Cup.
(4) He got it by keeping watch for three nights, knee-deep in pigeon droppings, in the belfry of an abandoned church in the nearby town of Hachita.
(5) Most amazingly of all, the flotilla will be led by a floating belfry of eight bells, the largest of which, named for Queen Elizabeth, will weigh half a tonne.
(6) The most striking historic building is the Belfry .
(7) The tower of the cathedral is to the right and the belfry of the church of Santa Cruz to the left.
(8) It's worth noting which belfry is closest to your villa, as these tend to be the highest points and in the labyrinth of unnamed, whitewashed, terracotta-roofed houses, it's easy to get lost - I finished up being ferried around by quasi-bilingual locals until a taxi driver recognised the name of my numberless villa (in my unnamed, whitewashed back street).
(9) Tomorrow I'm going to pop out and buy Sniper 2: Ghost Warrior , which has had lukewarm reviews but which also, crucially, has the word "sniper" in its title and is therefore an essential purchase for anyone who, like me, is prepared to spend up to £39.99 pretending to lurk up an abandoned belfry training a set of crosshairs on absolutely everyone who walks by.
(10) As usual, he says the dynamic geometries are generated by the context: the building acts as “a vortex that connects the outside elements,” drawing connections with the future station and pointing its sharp prow in line with the belfry, as “a hinge between the old city and the new”.
(11) They vibrated, as they had done for countless quiet years, from the tall belfry in the cobbled market place, and all the houses listened beneath their mantles of white.
Watchtower
Definition:
(n.) A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like.
Example Sentences:
(1) The local sheriff, FBI and other law enforcement officials have so far held back from confronting the militia, who are heavily armed and have lookouts on a watchtower.
(2) Cages, watchtower and 37 graves: inside an abandoned migrant camp in Malaysia Read more Human rights groups have long accused Thai authorities of collusion in the trafficking industry, but officials have routinely denied the claims.
(3) Rising 70 metres above the treetops on the edge of Flushing Meadows in New York are a trio of concrete watchtowers, their circular platforms topped with rusting rotor blades, like flying saucers retired from service.
(4) That trauma may last a lifetime, with devastating consequences for Palestinian society, according to psychologists who have studied the impact of two decades of bloody conflict in the Gaza strip on children who have grown up under army watchtowers, dodging bullets, seeing classmates shot as they sat at the next desk, watching tanks and bulldozers destroy thousands of homes.
(5) In the city of Cairo, this translates to massive, walled plots of land in lucrative locations, monitored from watchtowers.
(6) In the north, the trail is mostly characterised by woods: the sprawling Spandau forest, the Waldgelände Frohnau (which hides one of the few remaining watchtowers, now appropriated by a youth organisation for nature conservation work) and the Tegeler Fliess, a nature area marked with sandy embankments, grazing horses and picnic areas.
(7) But there was no sign of life from a nearby property, about 50 metres from Bin Laden's back wall, with a high perimeter wall and two watchtowers.
(8) Soldiers start to build the wall, at first with barbed wire and light fencing which in the coming years develops into a heavily complex series of wall, fortified fences, gun positions and watchtowers that are heavily guarded.
(9) We met beside the Telecom Towers, where Adam constructed an elaborate treehouse and Maria put up a watchtower.
(10) On the hilltops, watchtowers and radar stations stand ready to issue early warnings of an attack, giving residents time to flee into the 26 air-raid shelters that have been built in the past two years.
(11) Positioned every 500 metres along a route through the township, with their slender red watchtowers rising above the rambling rooftops, the active boxes now stand like a line of proud church spires.
(12) The latest instalment of the six-part film series Rebel Architecture opens with architect Eyal Weizman approaching one of the watchtowers along the separation wall that runs through the West Bank.
(13) Yet the little patch of sea between East and West Germany by Travemünde was fiercely guarded by watchtowers with radar systems, coastal patrol boats and keen informants in the fishing industry.
(14) From a Kurdish watchtower – reached via a metal ladder – a few civilian vehicles were visible in the far distance.
(15) But in 1994, Spain’s first camera obscura was erected on top of a former watchtower, the Torre Tavira.
(16) Watchtowers, drones and a toxic moat: the designs for Trump's border wall Read more A 2010 law obliged CBP to use the test to curb corruption and misconduct after an earlier hiring surge doubled the Border Patrol’s size in eight years.
(17) There are tattered signs warning surfers to look out for sharks – and a hilltop watchtower overlooks the bay – but in the water I soon forget my fears.
(18) At the camp, which is reached after a two-hour hike up a steep jungle path, there was a watchtower, cages and a large wooden enclosure wrapped in barbed wire.
(19) But she shrinks from the suggestion that we photograph her near the army watchtower at the entrance to the village, only reluctantly agreeing to a few minutes within sight of the soldier behind the concrete.
(20) At the Army 2015 forum inside Patriot Park, dozens of huge marquees showcased everything from secure fingerprinting equipment to armoured riot control vehicles and police watchtowers.