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A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place.

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  1. n. A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place.
  2. n. "The Bastille", formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name for a prison.