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 cathedral of Coutances alone has preserved its central clocher of the thirteenth century, and even there it is not complete; its stone fleche is wanting.

From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Adams, Henry

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)

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

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)