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A revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates, within which cannon are mounted. Turrets are used on vessels of war and on land.

A narrow superstructure running from stem to stern on the upper deck of a steam cargo vessel having a rounded gunwale and sides curved inward convexly.

A whaleback steamer with a hatch coaming, usually about seven feet high, extending almost continuously fore and aft.

Furnished with a turret or turrets; specifically (Zoöl.), having the whorls somewhat flattened on the upper side and often ornamented by spines or tubercles; -- said of certain spiral shells.

act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together. An excessive agglomeration of turrets. Warton.

An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance.

gle gun, or a number of guns, mounted in barbette, or partially protected by a parapet or turret. -- Barbette carriage, a gun carriage which elevates guns sufficiently to be in barbette. [See Illust. of Casemate.]

A room in a tower in which a bell is or may be hung; or a cupola or turret for the same purpose.

To put out of breath; to exhaust. Mr. Tulkinghorn arrives in his turret room, a little breathed by the journey up. Dickens.

Furnished with turrets and battlements, like a castle; built in the style of a castle.

Fortified; turreted; as, castled walls.

a boundary cross; Charing Cross in London. Dun-Edin's Cross, a pillared stone, Rose on a turret octagon. Sir W. Scott.

A revoling shot-proof turret for heavy ordnance.

small chamber or place of protection for a sentinel, usually in the form of a projecting turret, or the like. See Castle.

To variegate with colors as if with enamel. Oft he [the serpent]bowed His turret crest and sleek enameled neck. Milton.

A turret; a watchtower. [Obs.] He saw men go up and down on the garrets of the gates and walls. Ld. Berners.

Protected by turrets. [Obs.] R. Carew.

A projecting turret for a sentry, as at the salient angles of works, or the acute angles of bastions.

To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret.

Having machicolations. "Machicolated turrets." C. Kingsley.