Martello

"For a long time people supposed they were called Martello towers from the man who built them"

The Spanish Chest Edna Adelaide Brown

This is called a Martello tower, but I could not learn who built it.

Baddeck, and That Sort of Thing Charles Dudley Warner 1864

Within the door, moreover, which is between these figures, called the Martello door, the same Lorenzo, at the request of the said Ricciardo and of the

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 02 (of 10), Berna to Michelozzo Michelozzi Giorgio Vasari 1542

The end of large-scale smuggling began during the Napoleonic era, when safeguards implemented to ward off a French invasion consequently made smuggling more difficult by cutting off access to beach areas and a series of watchtowers called Martello towers were erected along the south-east coast of England.

Unusual Historicals 2009

The castle situated on Shenick Island, known as a Martello Tower, was built in the early 19th century during the Napoleonic era.

Network News 2008

I cannot conceive the confusion of tongues to have been the curse of Babel, since I esteem my ignorance of other languages as a kind of Martello-tower, in which I am safe from the furious bombardments of foreign garrulity.

The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855

I cannot conceive the confusion of tongues to have been the curse of Babel, since I esteem my ignorance of other languages as a kind of Martello-tower, in which I am safe from the furious bombardments of foreign garrulity.

The Biglow Papers James Russell Lowell 1855

And afterwards, an ice cream from the kiosk in the Martello tower, or maybe a trip out to Dun Laoghaire for a scoot around the bay in Seaspray.

The Priest Gerard O’Donovan 2011

He was discovered alive the following day – some 20 hours after the operation – by Father Antonio Martello, the hospital chaplain, who had gone to pray beside his body.

ProWomanProLife » What “choice” looks like 2010

In China and India, Wal-Mart said its efforts to expand in Internet retailing would be led by global e-commerce executive Wan Ling Martello , a former chief financial officer of the company's international operations.

Wal-Mart Shakes Up Its Online Business Miguel Bustillo 2011