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The turret (marked in pink) of a baronial house in Argyll, Scotland
 
A siege tower
 
The turret of a South African Olifant Mk 1A main battle tank
 
Electronic components soldered on a turret board

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From Middle English touret, from Old French torete (French tourette), diminutive of tour (tower), from Latin turris. See tower.

 
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turret (plural turrets)

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

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