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English
Etymology
From the obsolete French torrion, from the Italian torrione (“a large tower”, “a keep”), the augmentative form of torre (“tower”).
Pronunciation
- obsolete; stressed on the first syllable
Noun
torrion (plural torrions)
- (obsolete, in Italy) A large tower.
1652, Alessandro Giraffi, translated by James Howell, An exact Historie of the late Revolutions in Naples, part II, page 144:Hereupon there went off from the Torrion of Carmine, twenty six shot of Ordinance.
- ibidem, page 191:
- That the said Torrion or Bastion should be put into his hands.
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