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
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)
Even "a sort of chemin de ronde" remains around the clocher, perhaps once provided with a parapet of defence.
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)
Blavignac, in Comptes et depenses de la construction du clocher de Saint-Nicolas a Fribourg en Suisse, comes to a similar conclusion.
From Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution by Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kniaz
