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turret
[ tur-it, tuhr- ]
noun
- a small tower, usually one forming part of a larger structure.
- a small tower at an angle of a building, as of a castle or fortress, frequently beginning some distance above the ground.
- Also called tur·ret·head [tur, -it-hed, tuhr, -]. a pivoted attachment on a lathe or the like for holding a number of tools, each of which can be presented to the work in rapid succession by a simple rotating movement.
- Military. a domelike, sometimes heavily armored structure, usually revolving horizontally, within which guns are mounted, as on a fortification, ship, or aircraft.
- Fortification. a tall structure, usually moved on wheels, formerly employed in breaching or scaling a fortified place, a wall, or the like.
turret
/ ˈtʌrɪt /
noun
- a small tower that projects from the wall of a building, esp a medieval castle
- a self-contained structure, capable of rotation, in which weapons are mounted, esp in tanks and warships
- a similar structure on an aircraft that houses one or more guns and sometimes a gunner
- a tall wooden tower on wheels used formerly by besiegers to scale the walls of a fortress
- (on a machine tool) a turret-like steel structure with tools projecting radially that can be indexed round to select or to bring each tool to bear on the work
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- turret·less adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Origin of turret1
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Example Sentences
A fat red turret squatted at each corner of the building; six slender ones overlooked the parapets and gables.
Using fingerprints, one was identified as U.S. Army Pvt. James Bowman, who had been in the turret of the car next to Gordon.
He was in the forward gun turret where the destroyer hit us.
The slide wraps around the castle like an old helter skelter and the castle is a play den with turret.
One eager father even shoved his young daughter up in a turret with a soldier.
In fact, she was placed in a room—or rather an erection of three storeys or rooms—of stout lattice-work in a turret of the castle.
On the 20th the gates of the palace were battered in and the British flag was hoisted from its topmost turret.
The walls of the castle are wonderfully complete, every tower and turret retaining its old-time battlements.
Sailors often call the little turret built around the mast, where they stand and look out over the sea, a "crow's nest."
Later, the square tower was crowned with an octagonal turret, sometimes with a conical roof, as in Cremona and Modena cathedrals.
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