English

A Martello tower in Essex, England

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 2007, p. 309:

     The martello towers was put up for the Guernsey people to get in out of the way of the Grand Saracen.

Synonyms

• Martello