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▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (electronics) A tower-like solder post on a turret board (a circuit board with posts instead of holes).
▸ noun: (military) An armoured, rotating gun installation on a fort, ship, aircraft, or armoured fighting vehicle.
▸ noun: (rail transport) The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car, with sides that are pierced for light and ventilation.
Similar:
gun enclosure,
Gun turret,
clock tower,
tower,
towerwork,
turret farm,
clocktower,
guerite,
belvedere,
wall tower,
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