Editing Turret (architecture) (section)

{{Short description|Small tower that projects vertically from a building's wall; often a fortification}}
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[[Image:turret (architecture) 1.jpg|thumb|upright|Turret (highlighted in red) attached to a tower on a baronial building in [[Scotland]]]]

In [[architecture]], a turret is a small circular [[tower]], usually notably smaller than the main structure, that projects outwards from a wall or corner of that structure.<ref>{{Cite book |title=A dictionary of construction, surveying, and civil engineering |date=2020 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-883248-5 |editor-last=Gorse |editor-first=Christopher A. |edition=Second |series=Oxford quick reference |location=Oxford |editor-last2=Johnston |editor-first2=David |editor-last3=Pritchard |editor-first3=Martin}}</ref> Turret also refers to the small towers built atop larger tower structures.