towered, a.
(ˈtaʊəd, poet. ˈtaʊərɪd)
[f. tower n.1 and v. + -ed.]
1. Having a tower or towers; adorned or defended by towers; bearing or surmounted by a tower; raised or rising on high like a tower.
| c 1400 Sege Jerus. 868 Þis toured toun is tenful to wynne. c 1430 Seven Sag. (P.) 2842 Who hys thys castel, That hys touryde and kernelde wel? a 1552 Leland Itin. II. 67 The Tourrid Steple of the Paroche Chirch. 1632 Milton L'Allegro 117 Towred Cities please us then. 1706 Hearne Collect. 19 Jan. (O.H.S.) I. 165 Cybele..is represented with a Tower'd Head. 1796 W. H. Marshall W. England II. 208 The towered height of Stourton forms a prominent feature. c 1820 S. Rogers Italy, Alps 24 The towered elephant Upheld his trunk. 1832 Tennyson Lady of Shalott i. iv, From the river winding clearly Down to tower'd Camelot. 1909 Rider Haggard Yellow God 42 The towered gateway of red brick. |
† 2. Immured in a tower; committed to the Tower of London. (Cf. prisoned.) Obs.
| 1716 M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. 409 The two that turn'd Non-jurors with the t'other five tower'd Bishops. 1750 Student (1751) II. 22 The noble Septemvirate of tower'd Prelates. |
3. Of a wounded bird: That has ‘towered’.
| 1827 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 320 Besides 4 towered and lost birds. |