English-Thai Dictionary

turret

N หอคอย  hor-koi

 

turreted

A ที่ มี ป้อม เล็ก หรือ ปราการ  ที่ มีส่วน ที่ ขด เป็น วง สูง ขึ้น  ที่ มี หอบน ป้อม 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TURRET

n.[L. turris.] A little tower; a small eminence or spire attached to a building and rising above it. And lift her turrets nearer to the sky.
1. In the art of war, movable turrets, used formerly by the Romans, were buildings of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories, and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, moved on wheels. They were employed in approaches to a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting-bridges and other necessaries.

 

TURRETED

a.Formed like a tower; as a turreted lamp. 1. Furnished with turrets.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TURRET

Tur "ret, n. Etym: [OE. touret, OF. tourette, dim. of tour a tower, L.turris. See Tower. ]

 

1. (Arch. )

 

Defn: A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the angles of a larger structure.

 

2. (Anc. Mil. )

 

Defn: 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. (Mil. )

 

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

 

4. (Railroads )

 

Defn: The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car. Its sides are pierced for light and ventilation. Turret clock, a large clock adapted for an elevated position, as in the tower of a church. -- Turret head (Mach. ), a vertical cylindrical revolving tool holder for bringing different tools into action successively in a machine, as in a lathe. -- Turret lathe, a turning lathe having a turret head. -- Turret ship, an ironclad war vessel, with low sides, on which heavy guns are mounted within one or more iron turrets, which may be rotated, so that the guns may be made to bear in any required direction.

 

TURRET DECK

TURRET DECK Tur "ret deck.

 

Defn: 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.

 

TURRETED

TURRETED Tur "ret *ed, a.

 

1. 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.

 

2. Formed like a tower; as, a turreted lamp. Bacon.

 

TURRET STEAMER

TURRET STEAMER Tur "ret steam `er.

 

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

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

turret

tur ret |ˈtərit ˈtərət | ▶noun 1 a small tower on top of a larger tower or at the corner of a building or wall, typically of a castle. • a low, flat armored gun emplacement, typically one that revolves, in a ship, aircraft, fort, or tank. • a rotating holder for tools, esp. on a lathe. 2 (also turret shell ) a mollusk with a long, slender, pointed spiral shell, typically brightly colored and living in tropical seas. [Family Turitellidae, class Gastropoda: Turitella and other genera. ] DERIVATIVES tur ret ed adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French tourete, diminutive of tour ‘tower. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

turret

tur ¦ret |ˈtʌrɪt | ▶noun a small tower on top of a larger tower or at the corner of a building or wall, typically of a castle. • a low armoured tower, typically one that revolves, for a gun and gunners in a ship, aircraft, fort, or tank. • a rotating holder for tools, especially on a lathe. DERIVATIVES turreted adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French tourete, diminutive of tour ‘tower ’.

 

turret lathe

tur ¦ret lathe ▶noun another term for capstan lathe.

 

turret shell

tur ¦ret shell ▶noun a mollusc with a long, slender, pointed spiral shell, typically brightly coloured and living in tropical seas. ●Family Turitellidae, class Gastropoda: Turitella and other genera.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

turret

tur ret /tə́ːrət |tʌ́rɪt /名詞 C 1 (城壁 建物の一角の )小塔, やぐら ; (城壁攻撃用の )動楼 .2 (軍艦 戦車などの )回転式砲塔 ; (爆撃機などの )銃座 .3 〘機 〙(旋盤の )タレット .