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stairtower en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• stâr'touʹər

Etymology

From stair + tower.

Meanings

1. A tower with stairs on the inside.
   • We faced each other from opposite walls of the well-rubbed stairtower poised in an unblinking lovesickly gaze. 2001, Flavia Alaya, Under the Rose: A Confession, page 114:
   • The castle had four stairtowers when it was built, but only two remain.

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