campanile Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building
    belfry.

WordNet


Cam`pa*ni"le noun
Etymology
It. campanile bell tower, steeple, fr. It. & LL. campana bell.
Definitions
  1. (Arch.) A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church.
    Many of the campaniles od Italy are lofty and magnificent atructures. Swift.

Webster 1913