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
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 M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
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
Its sole possession of note is the clocher, which rises to an approximate height of two hundred feet.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
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 M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield