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
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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