turret

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

torretta

sinonimi

tower

gun turret

gun enclosure

pinnacle

pepperbox

projection

pulpit

rampart

scaffold

watchtower

revolving head

bastion

corner tower

belvedere

capstan

lookout

Traduzioni

tourelle

tour

torreón

geschutskoepel

Geschützturm

torreta

Gefechtsturm

Revolverkopf

Turm

Türmchen

Panzerturm

turricula

πυργίσκος

pantserkoepel

torreta

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈtʌɹ.ɪt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: touret

In summary

From Middle English touret, from Old French torete (French tourette), diminutive of tour (“tower”), from Latin turris. Doublet of tor, tourelle, and tower. See tower.