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

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

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 Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

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 Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

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