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 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 Adams, Henry

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

Finally, if for no other reason, at least for interest in Arlette, the tanner's daughter, one must go to Falaise, and look at the superb clocher of Saint-Gervais, which was finished and consecrated by 1135.

From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Adams, Henry

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 Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)