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turret noun

  /ˈtɝ.ɪt/ , /ˈtʊɹ.ɪt/ , /ˈtʌɹ.ɪt/
  • (architecture) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.
  • (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.
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