‘a little tower,’ in mod. Dicts., deduced from towret: see TURRET.
1857. trans. Uhland, in Charleston Daily Courier, 11 Aug., 4/1.
| Hast thou seen that olden castle | |
| Which looketh on the sea, | |
| Around whose lofty towerets | |
| The clouds dance merrilie! |
1857. [S. W. Fiske], Mr. Dunn Browne’s Experiences in Foreign Parts, xxvii. 113. One [church] has two queer towers with funny little towerets bursting out on all sides of them like top-onions.
1876. J. G. Stapelton, ‘Shall He Live Again?’ 61.
| There on upstepping terrace o’er the tree- | |
| Tops rose red gables steep, and clustered roofs | |
| O’er-topped with sheeny towerets and spires | |
| Enlifted high into the cloudless air. |
