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Turret
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(from 0. Fr. tourette, diminutive of tour, tower, mod. Fr. tourelle), a small tower, especially at the angles of larger buildings, sometimes overhanging and built on corbels, when it is often called a "bartizan" (q.v.), and sometimes rising from the ground.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Turret'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/t/turret.html. 1910.