German

Alternative forms

• Thurm (obsolete)

Noun

Turm m ‎(genitive Turmes or Turms, plural Türme, diminutive Türmchen n or Türmlein n)

1. (architecture) tower, spire
2. (architecture) steeple (church)
3. (chess) rook
4. (sports) diving platform

Declension

Synonyms

• (steeple): Kirchturm
• (sports): Sprungturm
• (chess): Elephant, Roch, Roche, Rochen

Derived terms

Related terms

• türmen
• Türmer
• Türmerin

Chess pieces in German · Schachfiguren, Schachsteine (layout · text)
König	Dame, Königin	Turm	Läufer	Springer, Pferd, Ross, Rössel	Bauer

English

Noun

turm ‎(plural turms)

1. (obsolete) A group of people, especially a military unit of cavalrymen.
   • 1671, John Milton, Paradise Regained, Book 4:

     Cast round thine eye, and see

     What conflux issuing forth, or entering in:

     Praetors, proconsuls to their provinces

     Hasting, or on return, in robes of state;

     Lictors and rods, the ensigns of their power;

     Legions and cohorts, turms of horse and wings.

References

• turm at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.