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- Turret - n. - A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the angles of a larger structure.
- Turret - n. - 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.
- Turret - n. - A revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates, within which cannon are mounted. Turrets are used on vessels of war and on land.
- Turret - n. - The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car. Its sides are pierced for light and ventilation.
- Turreted - a. - Furnished with a turret or turrets; specifically (Zool.), having the whorls somewhat flattened on the upper side and often ornamented by spines or tubercles; -- said of certain spiral shells.
- Turreted - a. - Formed like a tower; as, a turreted lamp.
- Turreted - a. - Furnished with a turret or turrets; specifically (Zool.), having the whorls somewhat flattened on the upper side and often ornamented by spines or tubercles; -- said of certain spiral shells.
- Cupola - n. - A revolving shot-proof turret for heavy ordnance.
- Belfry - n. - A room in a tower in which a bell is or may be hung; or a cupola or turret for the same purpose.
- Pommel - n. - A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.
- Turriculated - a. - Furnished with, or formed like, a small turret or turrets; somewhat turreted.
- Guerite - n. - A projecting turret for a sentry, as at the salient angles of works, or the acute angles of bastions.