tourelle

turret

noun too-REL Rare

Also means

small tower

Usage Note

Tourelle designates a small decorative tower on a castle or a rotating gun emplacement on a tank or warship. In architecture it often refers to a projecting corbelled tower. The related noun tour means a full-sized tower.

Examples

"Le château a une belle tourelle ronde."

Natural Translation

The castle has a beautiful round turret.

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