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)

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)

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