SG Heritage Dictionary

Martel [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To strike.

Martel [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To make a blow with, or as with, a hammer.

Martel de fer Webster's Dictionary 1913

A weapon resembling a hammer, often having one side of the head pointed; -- used by horsemen in the Middle Ages to break armor.

Marteline [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A small hammer used by marble workers and sculptors.

Martello tower Webster's Dictionary 1913

A building of masonry, generally circular, usually erected on the seacoast, with a gun on the summit mounted on a traversing platform, so as to be fired in any direction.