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peel3

Pronunciation: /piːl/
(also pele or peel tower)
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Definition of peel

noun

  • a small square defensive tower of a kind built in the 16th century in the border counties of England and Scotland.

Origin:

probably short for synonymous peel-house: peel from Anglo-Norman French pel 'stake, palisade', from Latin palus 'stake'

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