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/tˈərət/ /tərt/ Listen

noun

Turret n.

1.

(Arch.) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the angles of a larger structure.

2.

(Anc. Mil.) 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.

(Mil.) A revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates, within which cannon are mounted. Turrets are used on vessels of war and on land.

4.

(Railroads) The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car. Its sides are pierced for light and ventilation.

Turret clock, a large clock adapted for an elevated position, as in the tower of a church.

Turret head (Mach.), a vertical cylindrical revolving tool holder for bringing different tools into action successively in a machine, as in a lathe.

Turret lathe, a turning lathe having a turret head.

Turret ship, an ironclad war vessel, with low sides, on which heavy guns are mounted within one or more iron turrets, which may be rotated, so that the guns may be made to bear in any required direction.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Turret" Quotes from Famous Books

... they met in his turret-like office room in the Bryson block, examining a tattered book under a microscope. He learned that Davis had a private library of more than 8,000 volumes and was one of the rare old book lovers of the city. His office room was stacked with books he had purchased, several of which ...

— Spring Street - A Story of Los Angeles • James H. Richardson

... moment we saw her turret, A little heel she gave, And a thin white spray went o'er her, Like the crest of a breaking wave— In that great iron coffin, The channel for their grave, The fort their monument, (Seen afar in the offing,) Ten fathom deep ...

— Poems of American Patriotism • Brander Matthews (Editor)

... o'er tower and turret, In foul weather and in fair, Day by day, in vaster numbers, Flocked the ...

— Selections From American Poetry • Various

... formerly New Street, and later Chancellor's Lane. In Old Square, the first court we enter, are situated the ancient hall and the chapel, the south side being occupied by chambers, some of them ancient. The turret in the corner, and one at the south-western corner, behind the hall, are very like those at St. James's Palace, and probably date very soon after the gate. Here at No. 13 Thurloe, Oliver Cromwell's Secretary ...

— Holborn and Bloomsbury - The Fascination of London • Sir Walter Besant

... after, we went down, dressed in our other suits, feeling very little the worse for our adventure, and just as we reached the big schoolroom, the big clock up in the turret chimed. ...

— Burr Junior • G. Manville Fenn

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