"stairtower" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stairtowers [plural]
Etymology: From stair + tower. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|stair|tower}} stair + tower Head templates: {{en-noun}} stairtower (plural stairtowers)
  1. A tower with stairs on the inside.
    Sense id: en-stairtower-en-noun-dUhke7mb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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        {
          "text": "The castle had four stairtowers when it was built, but only two remain.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Flavia Alaya, Under the Rose: A Confession, page 114:",
          "text": "We faced each other from opposite walls of the well-rubbed stairtower poised in an unblinking lovesickly gaze.",
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        }
      ],
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  ],
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