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 M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
Its chief feature—and one of real distinction—is its octagonal clocher, in brick, dating from the fourteenth century.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
This clocher is a thirteenth-century work, and rises something over two hundred and four feet above the pavement.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
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 Henry Adams
