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Martello tower
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What's The Definition Of Martello tower?
[n] a circular masonry fort for coastal defence
Synonyms | Synonyms for Martello tower: Related Terms | Find terms related to Martello tower: Martello tower In Webster's Dictionary \Mar*tel"lo tow`er\ [It. martello hammer. The
name was orig. given to towers erected on the coasts of
Sicily and Sardinia for protection against the pirates in the
time of Charles the Fifth, which prob. orig. contained an
alarm bell to be struck with a hammer. See {Martel}.] (Fort.)
A building of masonry, generally circular, usually erected on
the seacoast, with a gun on the summit mounted on a
traversing platform, so as to be fired in any direction.
Note: The English borrowed the name of the tower from Corsica
in 1794.
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