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

The clocher or belfry of St. Front is accredited as being one of the most remarkable eleventh-century erections of its kind in any land.

From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

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 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)

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