TURRET

Turret

In architecture, a turret is a small tower that projects vertically from the wall of a building such as a medieval castle. Turrets were used to provide a projecting defensive position allowing covering fire to the adjacent wall in the days of military fortification. As their military use faded, turrets were used for decorative purposes, as in the Scottish baronial style.

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turret

Noun

  1. a little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle
  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. an armoured, rotating gun installation, on a fort, ship, aircraft, or armoured fighting vehicle
  4. the elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car. Its sides are pierced for light and ventilation
  5. a tower-like solder post on a turret board (a circuit board with posts instead of holes)


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