tourelle

American  

[too-rel] / tʊˈrɛl /

noun

1. a turret.

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Etymology

Origin of tourelle

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

Example Sentences

From the roof of the chapel there is a noble view up the river, with the quaint tourelle of the Lollard's Tower in the foreground.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 1 Great Britain and Ireland, part 1 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

A tourelle is shown in the place as having formed part of the house of Marca, the historian of Béarn: there is an inscription on it, and arms, with the date of 1635.

From Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Costello, Louisa Stuart

One is a singularly good bit of late Gothic with windows and a graceful tourelle.

From Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine by Hutton, William Holden

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

From Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Costello, Louisa Stuart

He met no one on his way as he did so—doubtless, neither the marquise nor her daughter were yet risen—and finding the door in the tourelle with little difficulty, he emerged into the roadway.

From In the Day of Adversity by Bloundelle-Burton, John