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castle
1[ kas-uhl, kah-suhl ]
noun
- a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- the chief and strongest part of the fortifications of a medieval city.
- a strongly fortified, permanently garrisoned stronghold.
- a large and stately residence, especially one, with high walls and towers, that imitates the form of a medieval castle.
- any place providing security and privacy:
It may be small, but my home is my castle.
- Chess. the rook.
verb (used with object)
- to place or enclose in or as in a castle.
- Chess. to move (the king) in castling.
verb (used without object)
- to move the king two squares horizontally and bring the appropriate rook to the square the king has passed over.
- (of the king) to be moved in this manner.
Castle
2[ kas-uhl, kah-suhl ]
noun
- Irene (Foote), 1893–1969, born in the U.S., and her husband and partner Vernon ( Vernon Castle Blythe ), 1887–1918, born in England, U.S. ballroom dancers.
castle
/ ˈkɑːsəl /
noun
- a fortified building or set of buildings, usually permanently garrisoned, as in medieval Europe
- any fortified place or structure
- a large magnificent house, esp when the present or former home of a nobleman or prince
- the citadel and strongest part of the fortifications of a medieval town
- See rookchess another name for rook 2
verb
- chess to move (the king) two squares laterally on the first rank and place the nearest rook on the square passed over by the king, either towards the king's side ( castling short ) or the queen's side ( castling long )
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- castle·like adjective
- un·castled adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Origin of castle1
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Example Sentences
The top strategies clustered soldiers into a small number of castles worth exactly 28 points.
Whoever sent more soldiers to a given castle conquered that castle and won its victory points.
Photographer Jose Villa regularly flies around the world to shoot couples’ wedding celebrations, whether it’s a castle in Tuscany, a ballroom in Malaysia, or a private estate in Napa Valley.
Specifically, the castles are worth 1, 2, 3, …, 12, and 13 victory points.
Each castle has its own strategic value for a would-be conqueror.
I meet Otis J. the night he arrives at “The Castle,” a West Harlem halfway house for newly-released convicts.
Crain posted a cash bond of $102.50 apiece shortly before 1:30 P.M., and they returned to the Castle Hotel.
Denton, who speaks in the clipped cadence of the Oxford-educated Brit he is, has built quite a castle.
Terry Castle has this great book called The Professor, which came out after I was in grad school.
Well, the dwarfs took pity on him and gave him the coffin, and the prince had it carried to his castle.
Walls End Castle, when the party broke up, returned to its normal state.
His presence, also, always graced Walls End Castle at the regulation periods.
His lordship during the earlier part of his reign never came near Walls End Castle.
Nothing doubtful or "reputed" ever arrived in the huge packing-cases consigned to Walls End Castle.
Thank you for nothing, Reginald; however, I shall certainly take a dip in the lucky-bag at the Castle.
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