פָּגוּם I, (פָּגַם; cmp. פְּגִימָה) semicircular turret, niche in a city wall; also independent turret open on one side. Erub. V, 1 how do you define city limits (v. עָבַר)? בית … פ׳ נכנס פ׳ יוצא if (in a row of joined dwellings) one house stands outside the line and one inside, one turret (of the wall) is projected and one recedes. Ib. 55ᵃ היה בית אחד יוצא כמין פ׳ if one house projects in the way of a turret (in a semicircle). Y. ib. V, 22ᵇ bot. [read:] מן גו פ׳ measuring from the inside of the turret. Ib. נותנין פ׳ לפ׳ we may allow an outer turret to a turret, i.e. we count the city limits from a turret which serves as a defence to a turret; a. e.—Pl. פְּגוּמִים. Erub. l. c.—Ch. פִּיגְמָא.—V. פְּגִימִין.