Turret
['tʌrɪt] or [ˈtərɪt]
Definition
(n.) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the angles of a larger structure.
(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.
(n.) A revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates, within which cannon are mounted. Turrets are used on vessels of war and on land.
(n.) The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car. Its sides are pierced for light and ventilation.
Checker: Virgil
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Minaret, pinnacle, small tower.
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Definition
n. a small tower on a building and rising above it: a movable building containing soldiers engines &c. used in medieval sieges: a tower often revolving for offensive purposes on land and water: the raised portion above an American railroad car for ventilation &c.—adj. Turr′eted furnished with turrets: formed like a tower.—ns. Turr′et-gun a gun designed for use in a revolving turret; Turr′et-ship an ironclad ship-of-war whose guns are placed in one or more revolving turrets placed on deck.—adjs. Turric′ulate -d having small turrets.
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Examples
- In the spring of 1862 the Monitor met the Merrimac in engagement in Hampton Roads, and established the great value of the turret monitor. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- One turret was now in bright flames, which flashed out furiously from window and shot-hole. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- One thing has been much on her mind since their late interview in his turret-room at Chesney Wold. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The stars are shining as they shone above the turret-leads at Chesney Wold. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Eleven o'clock has just struck, in a ghostly and solemn manner, from a turret over the centre of the house, which I saw when I came in. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Largest diameter of turret, 393 inches. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- We found Mr. Micawber at his desk, in the turret office on the ground floor, either writing, or pretending to write, hard. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Over against this temple, on the other side of the great highway, at twenty feet distance, there was a turret at least five feet high. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- It is a turret chamber of the third order of merit, plainly but comfortably furnished and having an old-fashioned business air. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The Monadnock, which is a double-turret coast defence monitor, is shown in Fig. 118. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Weight of turret, 192. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Would you send us out among these desperate hordes, with no salvation in our utmost need but this old turret? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It slid before the Lime Rock, blotted out Ida Lewis's little house, and passed across the turret in which the light was hung. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He melted out of his turret-room this morning, just as now, in the late twilight, he melts into his own square. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The clock in the turret struck the quarter to twelve as they settled themselves in their chairs. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- In recent great battleships four turrets are used, each carrying three of these great guns, giving a broadside of twelve of these monster weapons of war. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A battleship thus armed is able to fire six guns ahead and six astern by raising the second and third turrets so as to fire over the others. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- That church, whose dark, half-ruinous turrets overlooked the square, was the venerable and formerly opulent shrine of the Magi. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- On the turrets the armor is from 6 to 15 inches thick, and on the barbettes it is from 6 to 17 inches thick. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The spiky points of the fir trees behind the house rose into the sky like the turrets and pinnacles of an abbey. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- From the mountain's peak its broken turrets rise above the groves of ancient oaks and olives, and look wonderfully picturesque. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Powerful as these guns appear to be, their big brothers in the revolving turrets are far more so. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Her side armor is 3 inches thick, her turrets 5? inches, her barbettes from 4 to 8 inches, and her deck from 3 to 6 inches. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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