turret farm

Noun

turret farm (plural turret farms)

1. (informal) A battleship with an unusually-large number of main-battery turrets (generally five or more).
   1. (informal) The main battery carried by such a battleship, or the major portion thereof.
      • Turning to get a better bead on Princess Royal, the Prinzregent Luitpold catches a full salvo from HMS Agincourts massive turret farm' and vanishes in a roar of water and flame. Nothing is left once the smoke has cleared.2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 24:07 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2022
      • […] and back in World War I, obviously, you had a lot of ships that either had amidships turrets, like the Iron Dukes, or ships that had big turret farms on the back, like Agincourt or the Wyomings, and, at that point, getting those aft guns around is obviously significantly more important than a...2020 October 18, Drachinifel, 1:04:14 from the start, in The Drydock - Episode 116, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2022