Martello tower

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English

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A Martello tower in Essex, England.

Etymology

From a corruption of Corsican Torra di Mortella (literally “Tower of Mortella”), a tower in Corsica which was used as the basis for the design; possibly influenced by Italian martello (“hammer”).

Noun

Martello tower (plural Martello towers)

  1. A short sturdy round masonry fort, especially one constructed at various coastal points in the British Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.
    • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 309:
      The martello towers was put up for the Guernsey people to get in out of the way of the Grand Saracen.

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