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
Its cathedral of brick is of the fourteenth century, with a clocher dating from 1515, and a smaller tower, embracing a jacquemart, of the sixteenth century.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
Taken together with the fleches of the facade, this clocher of Coutances forms a group such as one very seldom sees.
From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Adams, Henry
What would correspond to the cathedrals of Noyon and Soissons and the old clocher and fleche of Chartres is lost.
From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Adams, Henry
From a distance, this feature has the suggestion of the development of what may perhaps be a local type of clocher.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
