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
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)
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
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
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
