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noun
A short sturdy round masonry fort, especially one constructed at various coastal points in the British Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a circular masonry fort for coastal defence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fortress, fort
History
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”).
