обсадна кула — meaning in English

English meaning

• belfry noun A tower or part of a tower, usually attached to a church, that houses bells.
• turret noun A small tower, often decorative, projecting from the corner of a building or castle.

Senses

обсадна кула is used for these senses in English:

• belfry (obsolete) A movable tower used in sieges.
• turret (historical, military) A siege tower; 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.

turret — full definition

1. noun A small tower, often decorative, projecting from the corner of a building or castle.
2. noun A rotating, armoured gun compartment on a tank, ship, or aircraft.

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