"watch tower" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: watch towers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} watch tower (plural watch towers)
  1. Alternative form of watchtower. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: watchtower
    Sense id: en-watch_tower-en-noun-L3kH8YfU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "For my part, who can now no longer build chateaux even en Eſpagne, I find that Mowbray Caſtle, Graſmere Abbey, the caſtle of Rock-March, the caſtle of Hauteville, and Rayland Hall, have taken ſo many of my materials to conſtruct, that I have hardly a watch tower, a Gothic arch, a cedar parlour, or a long gallery, an illuminated window, or a ruined chapel, left to help myſelf.",
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