tourelle

noun

tou·​relle

tüˈrel

plural -s

1

: a small tower (as one springing from corbeling or pier) : turret

2

: something resembling a tourelle

the pines' green tourelles

—Richard Llewellyn

Word History

Etymology

French, from Old French, diminutive of tor, tour tower

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