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Martello tower

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/mɑːˈtɛləʊ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(mär tel′ō)

Mar•tel′lo tow′er (mär tel′ō),USA pronunciation [Fort.]

a circular, towerlike fort with guns on the top.

Also, martel′lo tow′er. Also called martel′lo, Martel′lo.

named after Cape Mortella, Corsica, where a tower of this kind was taken by British forces in 1794

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Martello tower, Martello /mɑːˈtɛləʊ/ n

a small circular tower for coastal defence, formerly much used in Europe

Etymology: 18th Century: after Cape Mortella in Corsica, where the British navy captured a tower of this type in 1794

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