A building lofty in proportion to the size of its base, either isolated, or forming part of a castle, church, or other edifice, or of the walls of a…

A tower or bastion of a castle; a fortified tower; a small fortress.

A small fortress or castle; a fortified tower.

Fortification. ‘A work generally raised within the body of the place, ten or twelve feet higher than the rest of the works…to command all the…

Fortification. A work raised so as to command the adjacent works and country round; a cavalier, n. adj. Obsolete.

A large tower (in Italy).

Fortification. = cavalier, n. 4. Obsolete.

A military watchtower for defence of a camp or the walls of a city. Obsolete.

= sentinel, n. 3. Obsolete.

A lofty work used in fortifications and sieges; a cavalier, n. adj. Obsolete.

A tower.

Fortification. A round tower. Also in the names of such defensive structures. Cf. roundel, n. 9.

A round tower. Cf. roundel, n. 9. Now historical and rare.

In full Martello tower. A small circular fort with thick stone walls, esp. any of those erected in the British Isles as a coastal defence during the…