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Turnout   /tˈərnˌaʊt/   Listen
Turnout

noun
1.
The group that gathers together for a particular occasion.
2.
A part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park.  Synonym: widening.
3.
A short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass.  Synonyms: railroad siding, sidetrack, siding.
4.
What is produced in a given time period.  Synonyms: output, outturn.
5.
A set of clothing (with accessories).  Synonyms: getup, outfit, rig.
6.
Attendance for a particular event or purpose (as to vote in an election).
7.
(ballet) the outward rotation of a dancer's leg from the hip.



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"Turnout" Quotes from Famous Books



... him for a perfumer's assistant," burst out Michel Chrestien, looking at Lucien's head, and sniffing comically. "You were seen driving about in a very smart turnout with a pair of thoroughbreds, and a mistress for ...
— A Distinguished Provincial at Paris • Honore de Balzac

... was a small pony-carriage, in which sat a buxom lady and a very small page. The sleek little brown pony which drew it ambled along at a methodical pace which showed that it was entirely master of the situation, while the whole turnout had an indescribable air of comfort and good nature. Poor Kate had been so separated from her kind that the sight of people who, if not friendly, were at least not hostile to her, sent a thrill of pleasure into her heart. ...
— The Firm of Girdlestone • Arthur Conan Doyle

... and buggy soon came up to them and passed on, the three boys keeping out of sight until the turnout was gone. Dave ...
— Dave Porter at Star Ranch - Or, The Cowboy's Secret • Edward Stratemeyer

... about a quarter mile and there's a turnout; that way you'll make better time," Drew suggested. "We'll ...
— Ride Proud, Rebel! • Andre Alice Norton

... sports, and his studying, the young collegian did not give up his love for driving. He had a good horse and a fancy cart,—one of the elevated sort with large wheels,—and in this turnout he was seen many a day, driving wherever it pleased him to go. Sometimes he would get on the road with other students, and then there was bound to be more ...
— American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt • Edward Stratemeyer

... commoners' right, the right of "turnout" on the Forest, free miners' rights, questions of colliery owners, matters relating to the Crown, the development of the lower coal seams—in all these (and many of them are local intricate historical questions involving a mass of detail) ...
— The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Vol. 2 • Stephen Gwynn

... young rogue, "I just saw what you said I should. At four sharp, a carriage drove into the Place, and pulled up bang opposite the wigmaker's. Dash me, if it weren't a swell turnout!—horse, coachman, and all, in real slap-up style. It waited so long that I thought ...
— Caught In The Net • Emile Gaboriau

... Madame de Santos: I have by some effort worked into the circle of gayety, where I have met her. She is royally beautiful. I should say about thirty-five. Her position is fixed as an 'elegante." Her turnout in the Bois is in perfect taste. She goes everywhere, entertains freely, and, if rumor is true, is very rich. She receives great attention, as they say she is guardian of a fabulously wealthy young girl at one of the ...
— The Little Lady of Lagunitas • Richard Henry Savage

... servants, began talking at houses where she called of her paragon among saises—the man who was never too busy to get up in the morning and pick flowers for the breakfast-table, and who blacked—actually BLACKED—the hoofs of his horse like a London coachman! The turnout of Miss Youghal's Arab was a wonder and a delight. Strickland— Dulloo, I mean—found his reward in the pretty things that Miss Youghal said to him when she went out riding. Her parents were pleased to find she had forgotten all her foolishness for young Strickland ...
— The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition • Rudyard Kipling

... Why, that old boy used to drive for Santa Anna during the invasion in '36. Besides, I'm sending Theodore and Glenn on horseback as a bodyguard. Las Palomas is putting her best foot forward this morning in giving you a stylish turnout, with outriders in their Sunday livery. And those two boys are the best ropers on the ranch, so if the mules run off just give one of your long, keen screams, and the boys will rope and hog-tie every mule in the team. Get in now and don't make any ...
— A Texas Matchmaker • Andy Adams

... several sharp turns, and at these spots the road was unusually rough. One runner of the boxsled went up on some rocks, and for a moment it looked as if the turnout would upset. ...
— The Rover Boys on a Hunt - or The Mysterious House in the Woods • Arthur M. Winfield (Edward Stratemeyer)



Words linked to "Turnout" :   production, trousseau, route, dress, portion, playsuit, rotary motion, ensemble, attending, widening, rig, garb, product, railroad siding, throughput, railroad, getup, gathering, railway, attire, turn out, ballet, assemblage, road, part, railroad track, concert dance, rotation, attendance, bib-and-tucker



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