A building or structure that houses or contains a clock, especially a public timekeeper.
Compound of 'clock' and 'house' (Old English 'hus'), referring to a building designed to shelter and display a prominent clock.
In medieval towns, the clockhouse was often the tallest, most prominent building (besides the church)—it served as both a time-announcing public service and a status symbol showing that a town was wealthy enough to own a mechanical clock.
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