The Collaborative International Dictionary
Turn-out \Turn"-out`\, n.; pl. Turn-outs.
The act of coming forth; a leaving of houses, shops, etc.; esp., a quitting of employment for the purpose of forcing increase of wages; a strike; -- opposed to lockout.
A short side track on a railroad, which may be occupied by one train while another is passing on a main track; a shunt; a siding; a switch.
That which is prominently brought forward or exhibited; hence, an equipage; as, a man with a showy carriage and horses is said to have a fine turn-out.
The aggregate number of persons who have come out, as from their houses, for a special purpose.
Net quantity of produce yielded.
Wiktionary
n. (turn-out English)
Usage examples of "turn-outs".
When they were turned away from motels or regular campsites they slept in roadside turn-outs and dirty ravines.
Again the voice from the tower reverberated around the hillsides, announcing the parade of carriages, and a dozen turn-outs came around the bend: plain and fancy carriages drawn by high steppers, the drivers and passengers in period costumes.