turreted

English

Etymology

From turret +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtʌɹɪtɪd/

Adjective

turreted (not comparable)

  1. Having one or more turrets.
    • 2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge 2008, p. 53:
      In 1321 he built a huge turreted palace a short distance north of Avignon with an accompanying pleasure garden leading down to the River Ouvèze at Sorgues.
  2. (biology, of a gastropod shell) Having or being in the shape of a long spiral.

Alternative forms
  • (of a gastropod shell: in the shape of a long spiral): turrited (obsolete)
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