carillon
verbEtymology Borrowed from French carillon.
1
To play a carillon.
2
To ring out like a carillon.
- High carilloned Anne's laughter.1899, Matthew Phipps Shiel, Cold Steel, page 157:
carillon
nounUS /ˈkɛɹɪˌlɑn/ · UK /kəˈrɪljən/
Etymology Borrowed from French carillon.
1
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A set of bells, often in a bell tower, sometimes operated by means of a keyboard (manual or pedal), originating from the Low Countries.
2
A tune adapted to be played by musical bells.
- Derived terms
- carillonic, carillonist, carillonistic, carillonneur
- Related terms
- chimes, glockenspiel