Definition of Turtled

1. Verb. (past of turtle) ¹

2. Adjective. (nautical) Capsized; turned upside-down in the water. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Turtled

1. turtle [v] - See also: turtle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Turtled

turtle-peg
turtle bean
turtle dove
turtle doves
turtle excluder device
turtle excluder devices
turtle graphics
turtle hull
turtle hulls
turtle neck
turtle necks
turtle peg
turtle soup
turtleback
turtlebacks
turtled (current term)
turtledove
turtledoves
turtlehead
turtleheads
turtlelike
turtleneck
turtleneck collar
turtlenecked
turtlenecks
turtler
turtlers
turtles
turtling
turtlings

Literary usage of Turtled

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1898)
"... their waistcoats undone, the merchant princes of well-turtled London gather in throngs about the civic chair and toast creation plus the new Lord Mayor; ..."

2. The Visitor by William Dodd (1764)
"... who turtled up, and reddening with indignation, found breath to fay,—" Indeed it is too much ; but people now-a-days, if they can get their own turn ..."

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