turret
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-]. /ˈtɜr ɪtˌhɛd, ˈtʌr-/. 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.
Origin of turret
1Other words from turret
- tur·ret·less, adjective
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How to use turret in a sentence
The pressure wave hurled Huddleston against the turret wall, blew out his eardrums and wrenched his left shoulder so far out of its joint that his arm ended up behind his back.
In the shadow of the towers: Five lives and a world transformed | Joby Warrick, Souad Mekhennet | September 2, 2021 | Washington PostOne, you have to create wide moats and high towers and turrets to try and keep as many bad people out as possible.
PayPal CEO Dan Schulman: Cryptocurrency Is the Real Deal. And the Superapps Are Coming. | Eben Shapiro | April 25, 2021 | TimePlayers aren’t taught in the tutorial which champions are best for certain roles, nor what they should do after they destroy the enemy’s first turret.
‘League of Legends: Wild Rift’ is ‘League’ Lite, targeted at new players | Shannon Liao | April 2, 2021 | Washington PostOn its roof the armored version can bear the 441 pounds of the Hornet gun turret, Arquus' first venture into lightweight gun turrets.
France’s new military trucks can form a convoy with just one driver | Christina Mackenzie | October 19, 2020 | Popular-ScienceAdditionally, the weapon platform would carry an array of light cannons, with the gunner having 360 degrees field-of-view that was to be aided by a sighting turret at the top.
14 Exceptional Weapon Systems from History That Were Ahead of their Time | Dattatreya Mandal | March 26, 2020 | Realm of History
A fat red turret squatted at each corner of the building; six slender ones overlooked the parapets and gables.
The GOP’s Last Identity Crisis Remade U.S. Politics | Michael Wolraich | July 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTUsing 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.
Egypt's Million Man March Protesters to Mubarak: Resign Now | Babak Dehghanpisheh | February 1, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 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.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonOn the 20th the gates of the palace were battered in and the British flag was hoisted from its topmost turret.
The Red Year | Louis TracyThe walls of the castle are wonderfully complete, every tower and turret retaining its old-time battlements.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphySailors often call the little turret built around the mast, where they stand and look out over the sea, a "crow's nest."
Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon AndersonLater, the square tower was crowned with an octagonal turret, sometimes with a conical roof, as in Cremona and Modena cathedrals.
British Dictionary definitions for turret
/ (ˈtʌrɪt) /
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
Origin of turret
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