turret : Idioms & Phrases
gun turret
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noun a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation
turret; gun enclosure.
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Turret clock
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noun a clock with more than one dial to show the time in all directions from a tower
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- a large clock adapted for an elevated position, as in the tower of a church.
Webster 1913
Turret head
(Mach.) , a vertical cylindrical revolving tool holder for bringing different tools into action successively in a machine, as in a lathe.
Webster 1913
Turret lathe
- a turning lathe having a turret head.
Webster 1913
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.
