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Martello Tower
Webster's Dictionary
A building of masonry, generally circular, usually erected on the seacoast, with a gun on the summit mounted on a traversing platform, so as to be fired in any direction.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Martello Tower'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/m/martello-tower.html. 1828.