A turret projecting from the top of a tower or from the parapet of a fortification; a watchtower. Obsolete.

attributive as tooting-glass n. looking-glass. tooting-hill n. = toot-hill, n.; so tooting-hole, peep-hole; tooting-place, tooting-tower, etc.

A house in which a watch or guard is stationed.

A tower or station from which observation is kept of the approach of danger; a look-out station.

†(a) a look-out position for a sentinel or watchman; (b) a small case or stand in or upon which a watch may be placed so that its face may be seen.

Hence gen. A signal station, watchtower.

Fortification. North American. A kind of watchtower. Obsolete.

A tower for the protection of a watchman, a watchtower; a beacon-tower, alarm-bell tower. (A sense perhaps not used in England, though common in…

Originally Nautical. A location or building from which a watch is kept; a position used as a dedicated vantage point.

Esp. in Spain: a turret or belvedere on top of a house, commanding an extensive view; a balcony with a panoramic view. Also (occasionally): a…

attributive, designating a location or building from which a watch is kept, as lookout post, lookout station, lookout tower, etc. Cf. sense 2a.

An elevated structure, or part of one, used as a look-out. Obsolete.

a watching station.

attributive, designating a location or building from which a watch is kept, as lookout post, lookout station, lookout tower, etc. Cf. sense 2a.