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

There is no regularly completed tower to St. Siffrein, but a still unachieved tenth-century clocher in embryo attaches itself on the south.

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

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)

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

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

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