(architecture) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.

plural of turret

Having one or more turrets. / (biology, of a gastropod shell) Having or being in the shape of a long spiral.

A turning lathe having a turret head.

A vertical cylindrical revolving tool-holder for bringing different tools into action successively in a machine, as in a lathe.

A warship of the 19th century, having the guns mounted in a revolving turret, instead of a broadside arrangement.

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.

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

plural of turret steamer

Misspelling of Tourette's syndrome.