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torrion

torrion noun: a large tower.

Noun

torrion (plural torrions)

  1. (obsolete) A large tower.
    • Hereupon there went off from the Torrion of Carmine, twenty six shot of Ordinance.1652, Alessandro Giraffi, translated by James Howell, An exact Historie of the late Revolutions in Naples, part II, page 144
    • That the said Torrion or Bastion should be put into his hands.ibidem, page 191

Forms of torrion

pluraltorrions
alternative formturrion

Origin of torrion

From the obsolete French torrion, from the Italian torrione (“a large tower”, “a keep”), the augmentative form of torre (“tower”).

Questions about torrion

What does torrion mean?
Torrion means a large tower.
What part of speech is torrion?
Torrion is a noun.
What is the plural of torrion?
The plural of torrion is torrions.

Words near torrion in the dictionary

  1. Torrijoses
  2. torril
  3. torrils
  4. Torrington
  5. Torringtons
  6. torrion
  7. torrions
  8. torriorthent
  9. torriorthents
  10. torripsamment
  11. torripsamments

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