turnaboutn.
/ˈtəːnəbaʊt/, U.S. /ˈtərnəˌbaʊt/ The action or an act of turning about; one who or that which does this.† 2. A disease causing cattle to turn round and round; gid. Also turn-about sickness, vertigo. Obsolete.† 3. A winding; a ‘maze’. Obsolete.† 4. One who turns about or alters things; an innovator. Obsolete.† 5. A double-barrelled gun. Obsolete.† 6. A turn-stile. Obsolete.
1. The act of turning so as to face the other way. Also fig.
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the world > space > direction > [noun] > changing to face different direction or turning > to opposite direction
inverting1573
reverse1589
round turn1611
reversal1648
controversion1684
contraversion1706
volte-face1819
turnabout1833
about-turn1912
U-turn1915
about-face1930
U1971
heel turn1983
1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. ii. 48 By a turn-about [p. 49: turn about] the dressing is changed.
1878 R. Browning Poets Croisic cxxxviii A moment's horror; then quick turn-about On high-heeled shoe.
1897 Westm. Gaz. 25 Mar. 1/2 The strange turn~about in the attitude of some zealous people towards Russia.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle, horse, or sheep > [noun] > staggers or gid
turn?1523
sturdiness1552
turn-sick1566
sturdy1570
dazy1577
stavers1597
(to have) the staggers1599
gid1601
giddy1603
turnabout1605
stacker1610
turning-evil1614
megrims1639
blind staggers1784
the goggles1793
dazing1799
stomach-staggers1831
turn-sick1834
turn-side1845
phalaris staggers1946
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 347 The Turne-about and Murraine trouble Cattell.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Tournement Tournement de teste, the turne-about sicknesse; a giddinesse, or dizzinesse.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [noun] > winding curve(s) > thing having > a maze or labyrinth
mazec1430
mizmaze1547
labyrinth1577
turnabouta1603
meander1603
Daedal1699
dédale1916
a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 604 The Iesuites ignorant of their owne mystery of iniquity, and strangers as it were in the giddy turn-about of their owne Cloisters.
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the world > time > change > [noun] > one who or that which causes change
changera1398
mutator1632
innovator1638
alterator1662
turnabouta1670
alterant1750
a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 36 Our modern Turn-abouts cannot evince us, but that we feel we are best affected, when the great Mysteries of Christ are celebrated upon Anniversary Festivals.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shooting equipment > [noun] > shot-gun or fowling-piece > type of
turnabout1801
twelve1804
stanchion-gun1815
Joe Manton1816
Joe Manton1816
ducking-gun1823
punt gun1824
Purdey1830
shore-gun1841
woodcock gun1858
seven-bore1859
twelve-bore1859
twelve-gauge1859
choke1875
choke-bore1875
cripple-stopper1881
over-and-under1889
ten-gauge1894
ducker1896
tschinke1910
under-and-over1911
over-under1913
side by side1947
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > shotgun
turnabout1801
shotgun1828
scattergun1836
seven-bore1859
twelve-bore1859
twelve-gauge1859
twelve1895
pump1928
1801 Sporting Mag. 17 159 A kind of double gun, known by the name of Turnabout.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > gate > turnstile
wheel14..
turnpike1545
whirl-gate1550
turning-stile1611
turnstilea1643
turning-wheel1669
moulinet1706
tourniquet1706
turnabout1805
turn-gate1905
1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 144 The turn-about or w[h]irlout gate is only necessary where a frequency of passage is required.
7. A small steamer having the deadwood cut away astern, and an additional rudder fitted in the space thus made, to facilitate quick turning; also attrib.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > propelled by steam engine > other steam vessels
steam dredger1801
steam barge1812
steam hopper1812
steam-launch1812
steam schooner1812
steam-yacht1812
steam-tug1835
pleasure steamer1839
tug-steamer1861
ditcher1877
alligator1884
turnabout1885
tank-steamer1889
whaleback1891
whalebacker1891
1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 June 3/1 The folly which led them [sc. the Admiralty] to use a swift and finely lined turnabout, built by White, of Cowes, to carry cabbages and potatoes on board the vessels lying in Portsmouth Harbour.
1894 W. H. White Man. Naval Archit. (ed. 3) xviii. 652 In a considerable number of small vessels and torpedo-boats an arrangement of balanced rudders has been fitted... This arrangement..is known as the ‘turn-about’ system.
1894 W. H. White Man. Naval Archit. (ed. 3) xviii. 699 A second [gun-boat]..identical..except that the after deadwood had been cut away, and the ‘turn-about’ system applied.
8. U.S. A ‘giant's stride’ or merry-go-round.
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society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > merry-go-round
carousel1673
whimsic chair?c1684
whimsy1684
merry-go-round1729
roundabout1763
turnabout1789
whirligig1816
spin-'em-round1851
go-round1857
whirly-go-round1865
merry-go-around1873
giddy-go-round1879
go-around1888
razzle-dazzle1890
joy-wheel1911
chairoplane1922
whip1925
Noah's Ark1945
waltzer1961
swirl1962
1789 J. Byng in Torrington Diaries (1938) IV. 109 There was (today) a little Fair, and a Stall, and a Turnabout to make the children sick after their Gingerbread.
1889 Harper's Mag. Sept. 560/1 The high swings and the turnabouts; the tests of the strength of limb and lung.
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