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| Mar·tel·lo [ maar téllō ] (plural Mar·tel·los) or Mar·tel·lo tow·er (plural Mar·tel·lo tow·ers) |
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small fort: a fort in the form of a small circular tower, especially one built on the coast for defense against invasion during the Napoleonic Wars
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| [Early 19th century. Alteration, influenced by Italian martello "hammer," of Cape Mortella in Corsica, where such a tower was captured by the British fleet in 1794] |
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