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martello tower

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables
martel-lo -tow-er
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A short sturdy round masonry fort, especially one constructed at various coastal points in the British Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.

Example Sentences

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Martello towers (plural)

Synonyms

Martello

Questions

What does martello tower mean?
A short sturdy round masonry fort, especially one constructed at various coastal points in the British Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.
Where does martello tower come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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