turret

  • 81turret cutter — noun : a coal cutter adjustable to various heights of coal cutting and mounted on a pivoted frame called also overcutter …

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  • 82turret deck — noun : a narrow superstructure running from stem to stern on the upper deck of a steam cargo ship having a rounded gunwale and sides curved inward convexly …

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  • 83turret drier — noun : a wooden building of usually five stories with ventilating and heating devices used for drying leather …

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  • 84turret drill — noun : a single spindle or gang drill in which the spindle supports a head carrying a number of tools and so designed that each tool may in turn be brought to a position suitable for performing its function …

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  • 85turret spider — noun : a Californian spider (Atypoides riversi) that forms burrows with external turrets …

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  • 86turret steamer — noun : a whaleback steamer with hatch coamings extending almost continuously fore and aft …

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  • 87turret tuner — noun : a radio tuner having a number of complete circuits mounted in a drum by whose rotation switching to different stations is done …

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  • 88USS Iowa turret explosion — USS Iowa s Turret Two explodes Date April 19, 1989 Place Caribbean Sea ne …

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  • 89Gun turret — A gun turret is a device that protects the crew or mechanism of a projectile firing weapon and at the same time lets the weapon be aimed and fired in many directions.A turret is a rotating weapon platform. This can be mounted on a fortified… …

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  • 90Oscillating turret — AMX 13 An oscillating turret is a form of turret for armoured fighting vehicles, both tanks and armoured cars. The turret is unusual in being made of two hinged parts. Both elevation and recoil rely on the upper part of the turret moving relative …

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