carillon

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: car=il=lon

CIDE DICTIONARY

carillon, n. [F. carillon a chime of bells, originally consisting of four bells, as if fr.. (assumed) L. quadrilio, fr. quatuer four.].

•  A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger keys.  [1913 Webster]
•  A tune adapted to be played by musical bells.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

carillon, n.
1 a set of bells sounded either from a keyboard or mechanically.
2 a tune played on bells.
3 an organ-stop imitating a peal of bells.

Etymology

F f. OF quarregnon peal of four bells, alt. of Rmc quaternio f. L quattuor four