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Topic: BUILDINGS

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: torete, tourete, from tor; TOWER1

turret

 noun
     
tur‧ret [countable]
1TBB a small tower on a large building, especially a castle
2PM the place on a tank from which guns are fired
—turreted adjective
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