bellhouse
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "To constitute a Thane, it was necessary that he should possess a distinct office in the King's Court; or, being a churle or countryman, that he should have “fully five hides of his own land, a church, a kitchen, a bellhouse, and a boroughgate with a seat.”"
- "Such houses were called Schallenwerke, or bellhouses, because while at work the prisoners, always in chains, had bells attached to the iron neck bands they wore."
Etymology
From Middle English belhous, bellehous, from Old English belhūs, bellhūs, equivalent to bell + house.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: belhous, belhūs
Inflected Forms
bellhouses (plural)
bell-house (alternative)