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

Blavignac, in Comptes et depenses de la construction du clocher de Saint-Nicolas a Fribourg en Suisse, comes to a similar conclusion.

From Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution by Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kniaz

Even "a sort of chemin de ronde" remains around the clocher, perhaps once provided with a parapet of defence.

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)