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)
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)
It was rebuilt in the eighteenth century, and a fine clocher added.
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
