turreted

English

Etymology

From turret +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtʌɹɪtɪd/

Adjective

turreted (not comparable)

Having one or more turrets.
- 2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge, published 2008, page 53:
  In 1321 he built a huge turreted palace a short distance north of Avignon with an accompanying pleasure garden leading down to the River Ouvèze at Sorgues.
(biology, of a gastropod shell) Having or being in the shape of a long spiral.

Alternative forms

(of a gastropod shell: in the shape of a long spiral): turrited (obsolete)

Translations

having one or more turrets

Latin: turrifer, turrītus

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