"wall tower" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wall towers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wall tower (plural wall towers)
  1. A tower built into and forming part of a line of fortification or a fortified city wall. Categories (topical): Buildings and structures Translations (Translations): baszta [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-wall_tower-en-noun-GbNpzvjp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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