belegeringstoren — meaning in English
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English meaning
- turret noun A small tower, often decorative, projecting from the corner of a building or castle.
Senses
belegeringstoren is used for these senses in English:
- siege tower (historical) A siege weapon, consisting of a wheeled wooden tower with ladders inside, which was parked next to walls so assailants could safely scale them.
- 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
- noun A small tower, often decorative, projecting from the corner of a building or castle.
- noun A rotating, armoured gun compartment on a tank, ship, or aircraft.