Martello tower

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A short sturdy round masonry fort, especially one constructed at various coastal points in the British Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.
    — The martello towers was put up for the Guernsey people to get in out of the way of the Grand Saracen.

词形变化

Martello towers plural

词源

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”).
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