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Noun: Chappe telegraph
  1. A tower with pivoting shutters, also known as blades or paddles, used for conveying information by means of visual signals, read when the shutter is in a fixed position.
    - semaphore telegraph

Type of: telegraph, telegraphy

Part of: semaphore line, shutter telegraph chain

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