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tourelle

[too-rel]

noun

  1. a turret.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of tourelle1

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

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Curl la Tourelle Head Architecture, London This firm has worked with tent manufacturers who normally make structures for weddings, conferences and other events; during the pandemic, they’re creating outdoor learning spaces for British schools.

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“There’s always been a certain mysticism alive in Ithaca,” says Kash Iraggi-Wiggins, a herbalist who makes body care products and runs spa resort La Tourelle.

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It was dubbed “La Tourelle” in honor of the castlelike stone feature that dominates the facade, a tower topped by a circular room and traversed by a floating spiral staircase made of interlocking stone slabs.

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La Tourelle’s earliest chapter is far more concise than the square footage in which it played out, said hotel archivist Beth Davis.

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The Café de la Tourelle reported that the trash had been picked up from the Rue Hautefeuille.

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