tourelle
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French tourelle.
Noun[edit]
tourelle (plural tourelles)
- A turret.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 45:
- At each corner of the court rises a quaint and crusty little tourelle from which the beseiged could keep up a raking fire along the thick walls.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 45:
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /tuʁɛl/
Noun[edit]
tourelle f (plural tourelles)
- turret (of building, tank)
- conning tower (of submarine)
