tourelle

[ too-rel ]

noun

1. a turret.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tourelle¹

1300–50; Middle English < Old French; tower ¹, -elle

Example Sentences

Though I am the first to admit that she has found more than her match, for once, in Monsieur de Tourelle.

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At No. 61 we come upon a farm dating from 1782, la Vacherie de la Tourelle.

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Amid the dead and dying around they found Paul de Tourelle dozing, but Sasha had disappeared.

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One tourelle is particularly sharp and fine, and does not seem to have sustained the slightest injury from time.

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Be wise, Monsieur de Tourelle, and take your departure in peace.

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