tourelle — meaning in English

English meaning

• sentry noun A soldier or guard posted to watch over an entrance or area.
• turret noun A small tower, often decorative, projecting from the corner of a building or castle.

Senses

tourelle is used for these senses in English:

• sentry A watchtower.
• turret (architecture) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.

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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