turret

  • 21turret gun — noun One for use in a revolving turret • • • Main Entry: ↑turret …

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  • 22turret ship — noun A warship with gun turrets • • • Main Entry: ↑turret …

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  • 23Turret deck — Tur ret deck A narrow superstructure running from stem to stern on the upper deck of a steam cargo vessel having a rounded gunwale and sides curved inward convexly. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …

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  • 24Turret lathe — Tur ret lathe a lathe fitted with a turrethead. [PJC] …

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  • 25Turret steamer — Tur ret steam er A whaleback steamer with a hatch coaming, usually about seven feet high, extending almost continuously fore and aft. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …

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  • 26Turret Peak (Antarctica) — Turret Peak (coord|72|16|S|166|6|E|) is a prominent rock peak, 2,790 m, standing 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Crosscut Peak in Millen Range. The peak is topped with a 10 m vertical spire, or tower, which is an excellent landmark. Named for its… …

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  • 27turret camera — turret camera, a motion picture camera with a plate for holding lenses that can be rotated to a position in front of the shutter …

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  • 28Turret lathe — Hartness 3x36 flat turret lathe with cross sliding head, equipped for bar work, 1910.[1] The turret lathe is a form of metalworking lathe that is used for repetitive production of duplicate parts, which by the nature of their cutting process are… …

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  • 29Turret deck ship — A turret deck ship is a type of merchant ship with an unusual hull, designed and built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.The hulls of turret deck vessels were rounded and stepped inward above their waterlines. This gave some advantages in …

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  • 30turret lathe — noun : a lathe having a turret for holding various different cutting tools * * * a lathe fitted with a turret. [1870 75] * * * capstan lathe and turret lathe see under ↑capstan and ↑turret1respectively. • • • Main Entry: ↑lathe turret lathe …

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