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turret(dictionary)

turret (iou)



turret noun & verb. ME.
[Old French to(u)rete dim. of tur, to(u)r TOWER noun1: see -ET1.]
A. noun.
A small or subordinate tower, esp. one projecting (freq. at some height above the ground) from an angle of the walls of a castle etc. as a decorative addition. ME.
D. Sweetman A..castle with four turrets and a crenellated parapet.
b. fig. Highest point or position, acme. ME-L17.
c. Heraldry. A small tower on top of a larger one. M18.
Any of various things resembling a turret; spec. (a) a woman's tall head-dress; (b) a tall chimney on a lamp; (c) US a raised central portion in the roof of a railway passenger carriage. L15.
a. A tall movable structure used in storming a fortified place, a tower. rare. M16-E17.
b. A low flat usu. revolving tower or enclosure for a gun and gunner on a ship, tank, aircraft, etc. M19.
a. An attachment to a lathe, drill, etc., holding various tools or bits and rotated to present the required tool etc. to the work. L19.
b. Cinematography & Television. = lens turret s.v. LENS noun. M20.
Comb.: turret lathe = CAPSTAN lathe; turret shell (the shell of) any of various marine gastropod molluscs of the families Turritellidae and Turridae, which have long slender pointed shells.
b. verb trans. Fit, fortify, or adorn (as) with a turret or turrets. LME.
turreted adjective (a) fitted with or having (something resembling) a turret or turrets; (b) (of a mollusc shell etc.) having a long pointed spire resembling a turret: M16.
turreting noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) turrets collectively: M19.