Meanings
nountorrion (plural torrions)
plural torrions · alternative turrion
- obsoleteA large tower.
That the said Torrion or Bastion should be put into his hands.
ibidem, page 1911 more example
Hereupon there went off from the Torrion of Carmine, twenty six shot of Ordinance.
1652, Alessandro Giraffi, translated by James Howell, An exact Historie of the late Revolutions in Naples, part II, page 144
Origin
- Italiantorrione“a large tower”, “a keep”
- Frenchtorrion
- Englishtorrion
From the obsolete French torrion, from the Italian torrione (“a large tower”, “a keep”), the augmentative form of torre (“tower”).
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torrion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torrion
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “torrion,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torrion.
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