castle

cas·tle

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The entrance to Warwick castle.

noun

The definition of a castle is a large fortified building or set of buildings where royalty lives, or a large and impressive house.
1. A fortified building with a moat and a draw bridge where the king lives is an example of a castle.
2. A huge impressive mansion is an example of a castle.

verb

To castle is a move in chess involving the rook chess piece.
An example of castle is to move the king piece two squares and place the nearest rook on the square which was jumped by the king.

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castle

a large building or group of buildings fortified with thick walls, battlements, and often a moat; castles were the strongholds of noblemen in the Middle Ages
any massive dwelling somewhat like this
a safe, secure place; refuge
Chess rook

Origin of castle

Middle English from Old English and Anglo-French castel from Classical Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum, fort

transitive verb

-·tled, -·tling

to put into, or furnish with, a castle
Chess to move (a king) two squares to either side and then, in the same move, set the castle in the square skipped by the king: permitted only when neither piece has been moved before and the spaces between them are not occupied

to castle a king

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castle

noun

a. A large fortified building or group of buildings with thick walls, usually dominating the surrounding country.
b. A fortified stronghold converted to residential use.
c. A large ornate building similar to or resembling a fortified stronghold.
A place of privacy, security, or refuge.
Games See rook².

verb

cas·tled, cas·tling, cas·tles

verb

intransitive Games

To move the king in chess from its own square two empty squares to one side and then, in the same move, bring the rook from that side to the square immediately past the new position of the king.

verb

transitive

To place in or as if in a castle.
Games To move (the king in chess) by castling.

Origin of castle

Middle English castel from Old English and from Norman French both from Latin castellum diminutive of castrum ; see kes- in Indo-European roots.

castle

Raglan Castle near Raglan, Wales

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