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Turret

/ˈtʌɹɪt/

A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.

📖 Definitions of "Turret"

noun
  1. 1

    A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.

  2. 2

    A siege tower; a movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries.

  3. 3

    A tower-like solder post on a turret board (a circuit board with posts instead of holes).

  4. 4

    An armoured, rotating gun installation on a fort, ship, aircraft, or armoured fighting vehicle.

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