MARTELLO TOWER


Meaning of MARTELLO TOWER in English

/mahr tel"oh/ , Fort.

a circular, towerlike fort with guns on the top.

Also, martello tower . Also called martello, Martello .

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

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .