clocher
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But down south, in French rugby's heartlands l'esprit de clocher - literally 'the spirit of the belltower' - is a thing.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2023
There is no regularly completed tower to St. Siffrein, but a still unachieved tenth-century clocher in embryo attaches itself on the south.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
It was rebuilt in the eighteenth century, and a fine clocher added.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
Musset produced a certain "Ballade à la Lune" which began— C'était dans la nuit brune Sur le clocher jauni, La lune Comme un point sur un i!
From The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. by Various
Je ne me mets pas en peine Du clocher ni du beffroi.
From Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation by Henley, William Ernest
