Martello tower: alternatives and connections

The technical words of denial used in traversing what has been alleged, and is repeated.

Barren regions, especially in the western United States, where horizontal strata (Tertiary deposits) have been often eroded into fanta…

A platform projecting from the wall of a building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a balcony i…

A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.

On; along; in traversing. Compare 5.

To search thoroughly; to engage in solicitation by traversing a district; as, to canvass for subscriptions or for votes; to canvass fo…

A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used a…

A traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gun moves backward and forward. [See G…

Circular motion in a direction contrary to some other circular motion.

To surround and inclose; to coop up; to put into an inclosed space; -- primarily used with reference to securing horses and cattle in…

a general course along which something has a tendency to develop; "I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts"; "his ideals deter…

A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from differ…

Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected of dilated.

Anything erected; a building of any kind.

A car without a roof, the body of which is a platform without sides; a platform car.

A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See Quarterpace.

An extension at right angles to the length of a main building, giving to the ground plan a form resembling the letter L; sometimes les…

A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to s…