turrets
Small defensive towers
Turrets is the plural of turret, a small tower projecting from a building, especially a castle or fortress.
Military turrets are rotating armored structures housing guns on tanks, warships, or aircraft: The tank's turret swiveled toward the target.
In fantasy games and fiction, turrets often appear as defensive towers that automatically fire at enemies.
Retain or fortified tower
- fortressHeavily defended military structure
- citadelFortified urban stronghold
- strongholdFortified place of defense
- chateauFrench country mansion
manor · gatehouse · drawbridge · moat · portcullis · barbican · courtyard · dungeon
Tall vertical structures
- crenelationsNotched parapet openings
- parapetsLow protective walls
- battlementsNotched defensive wall top
- rampartsProtective fortress walls
embrasures · loopholes · corbelling · pinnacles · spires · stonework · masonry · spiral staircase
Large mounted gun
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- rotatingTurning on an axis
- armoredProtected by metal covering
- gunnerOne who fires artillery
battleship · warship · destroyer · machine gun · autocannon · traverse · elevation · ammunition
Instrument magnifying faraway objects
- domeRounded vault forming roof
- astronomicalRelating to outer space
- stargazingObserving celestial bodies
- celestialOf the sky above
night sky · lens · aperture · astronomer · university · rooftop · observation · sighting
Genre: build defenses, repel waves
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- upgradeRaise to higher standard
- attack speedFrequency of combat strikes
- rangeExtent of variation
damage · spawning · enemy waves · strategy · placement · cooldown · projectile · targeting
keep
Retain or fortified tower
- fortressHeavily defended military structure
- citadelFortified urban stronghold
- strongholdFortified place of defense
chateau · manor · gatehouse · drawbridge · moat · portcullis · barbican · courtyard · dungeon · great hall
towers
Tall vertical structures
- crenelationsNotched parapet openings
- parapetsLow protective walls
- battlementsNotched defensive wall top
ramparts · embrasures · loopholes · corbelling · pinnacles · spires · stonework · masonry · spiral staircase · windows
cannon
Large mounted gun
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- rotatingTurning on an axis
- armoredProtected by metal covering
gunner · battleship · warship · destroyer · machine gun · autocannon · traverse · elevation · ammunition · loader
telescope
Instrument magnifying faraway objects
- domeRounded vault forming roof
- astronomicalRelating to outer space
- stargazingObserving celestial bodies
celestial · night sky · lens · aperture · astronomer · university · rooftop · observation · sighting · panoramic
tower defense
Genre: build defenses, repel waves
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- upgradeRaise to higher standard
- attack speedFrequency of combat strikes
range · damage · spawning · enemy waves · strategy · placement · cooldown · projectile · targeting · miniature
- armor warfaretanks, armored vehicles, armored divisions, armored units, armored combat
- Video Game RobotsMega Man, GLaDOS, Wheatley, Atlas, Legion
- castleskeep, moat, drawbridge, dungeon, battlements
- medieval thingscastles, cathedrals, knights, armor, swords
- Middle AgesMiddle Ages, medieval period, castles, knights, Dark Ages
- aviation museumsaviation museums, military aircraft, aviation history, flight simulators, hangars
turretsrecesses
Hollows or intermissions
alcoves · niches · indentations · cellars · basements
turretskeep
Retain or fortified tower
donjon · citadel · great hall · curtain wall · bailey
- gun turretsRotating armored weapon mounts
- tank turretRotating armored weapon mount
- turret gunnerRotating weapons station crewman
- ball turretRotating aircraft gun mount