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turret (n.)
c.1300, "small tower," from Old French
touret
(12c.), diminutive of
tour
"tower," from Latin
turris
(see
tower
). Meaning "low, flat gun-tower on a warship" is recorded from 1862, later also of tanks. Related:
Turreted
.
