enturretv.
/ɛnˈtʌrɪt/ rare.
transitive. To surround with towers.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > wall [verb (transitive)] > furnish with turrets
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enturret1866
1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Fasti iv. 246 Did she [the goddess] enturret first a Phrygian town?
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