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Etymology

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From the obsolete French torrion, from the Italian torrione (a large tower”, “a keep), the augmentative form of torre (tower).

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  • obsolete; stressed on the first syllable

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torrion (plural torrions)

  1. (obsolete, in Italy) A large tower.
    • 1652, Alessandro Giraffi, translated by James Howell, An exact Historie of the late Revolutions in Naples, part II, page 144:
      Hereupon there went off from the Torrion of Carmine, twenty six shot of Ordinance.
    • ibidem, page 191:
      That the said Torrion or Bastion should be put into his hands.

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