tourelle
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tourelle
Example Sentences
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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
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
Nor was there any opening on to the roof, so far as I could discover, for the little tourelle overhung the wall, and no foothold was possible.
From Border Ghost Stories by Pease, Howard
The other has a tourelle of the same kind, but it runs off into Renaissance.
From Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine by Hutton, William Holden
But into that rounded plaster tourelle with the belfry a flat door had at one time been placed without interruption to the moulding, and in the result the sun had a frolic indeed.
From The Tower of Oblivion by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
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