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
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
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 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)
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
