carillon


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
carillon /ˈkarɪljən, -lɒn, kəˈrɪljən/
noun
  • 1 a set of bells sounded from a keyboard or by an automatic mechanism.
  • 2 a tune played on such bells.
– origin C18: from Fr., from OFr. quarregnon ‘peal of four bells’, based on L. quattuor ‘four’.
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