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
The clocher or belfry of St. Front is accredited as being one of the most remarkable eleventh-century erections of its kind in any land.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
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
But notwithstanding the patriotes de clocher, and French humanitaires who suppress the very word native country, I believe in the higher destinies of France.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various
The cathedral of Coutances alone has preserved its central clocher of the thirteenth century, and even there it is not complete; its stone fleche is wanting.
From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Henry Adams
