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Silo

noun

A cylindrical tower used for storing silage.

Military installation consisting of an underground structure where ballistic missiles can be stored and fired.

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... just arrived from the farther side of Jordan. Vespasian sent Titus, with six hundred chosen horse, to disperse them. The number of the Jews was so large that Titus sent for further succor, and was reinforced by Trajan, with four hundred horse; while Antonius Silo, with two thousand archers, was sent by Vespasian to the side of a hill opposite the city, to open fire thence upon the defenders of the walls, and thus prevent them from harassing the Roman ...

— For the Temple - A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem • G. A. Henty

... entered by steps descending into the principal chamber that is lighted by a window and is furnished with a fireplace. At one of the angles is a circular pit, six feet deep, with a groove at top for the reception of a cover. This was a silo for grain. From the first chamber entrance is obtained to a second much larger, that has in it a fireplace as well, and a staircase leading into a little oratory in which is an altar. The same staircase communicates ...

— Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe • Sabine Baring-Gould

Words linked to "Silo" : war machine, military, armed forces, military machine, military installation, armed services, tower