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round tower

noun

Definition of round tower

: a circular stone tower ranging in height from 60 to 150 feet, having a conical cap, and built in considerable numbers in Ireland from the 9th to the 13th centuries as refuges from Viking invaders

First Known Use of round tower

1790, in the meaning defined above

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