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Castle
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- 1 A surname transferred from the common noun referring to someone who lived in or worked in a castle countable
- 2 Castle class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR UK, countable, uncountable
- 3 The first part of the name of certain nuclear tests by the US: Castle Bravo, Castle Romeo, Castle Yankee etc. See Operation Castle. countable, uncountable
- 4 University College, Durham, a constituent college located in Durham Castle UK, countable, uncountable
- 5 A place name:; A hamlet in Bowerchalke parish, south-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0122). countable, uncountable
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- 6 A place name:; A community (without a council) in Cardiff, Wales; it includes Cardiff Castle. countable, uncountable
- 7 A place name:; A community (without a council) in Swansea, Wales; it includes Swansea Castle. countable, uncountable
- 8 A place name:; A town in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, United States, derived from the surname. countable, uncountable
- 1 A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.
- 2 interchanging the positions of the king and a rook wordnet
- 3 An instance of castling.
- 4 a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack wordnet
- 5 A rook; a chess piece shaped like a castle tower. informal
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- 6 (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard wordnet
- 7 A defense structure in shogi formed by defensive pieces surrounding the king.
- 8 a large and stately mansion wordnet
- 9 A close helmet. obsolete
"The castle was perhaps a figurative name for a close headpiece deduced from its enclosing and defending the head, as a castle did the whole body; or a corruption from the Old French word casquetel, a small or light helmet."
- 10 Any strong, imposing, and stately palace or mansion. dated
- 11 A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back. dated
- 12 The wicket. colloquial
"Nay, he was quite an adept, and was very effective as a change bowler, for in no time he demolished the castle of any batsman."
- 1 To house or keep in a castle. transitive
"...to encastle, to Castle."
- 2 move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king wordnet
- 3 To protect or separate in a similar way. figuratively, transitive
"Castle me in the armes of thy everlasting strength."
- 4 To make into a castle: to build in the form of a castle or add (real or imitation) battlements to an existing building. obsolete
- 5 To move the king 2 squares right or left and, in the same turn, the nearest rook to the far side of the king. The move now has special rules: the king cannot be in, go through, or end in check; the squares between the king and rook must be vacant; and neither piece may have been moved before castling. intransitive, usually
"He [i.e., the king] may change (or Castle) with this Rooke, that is, he may goe two draughts at once towards this Rooke... causing the Rooke to stand next to him on either side."
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- 6 To create a similar defensive position in Japanese chess through several moves. intransitive, usually
- 7 To bowl a batsman with a full-length ball or yorker such that the stumps are knocked over.
"And the 23-year-old brought the crowd to their feet when he castled Gayle's stumps, signalling the direction of the pavilion to his friend for good measure."
Etymology
From Middle English castle, castel, from late Old English castel, castell (“a town, village”), borrowed from Late Latin castellum (“small camp, fort”), diminutive of Latin castrum (“camp, fort, citadel, stronghold”). Doublet of cashel, castell, castellum, and château. Parallel borrowings (from Late Latin or Old French) are Scots castel, castell (“castle”), West Frisian kastiel (“castle”), Dutch kasteel (“castle”), German Kastell (“castle”), Danish kastel (“citadel”), Swedish kastell (“citadel”), Icelandic kastali (“castle”), Welsh castell. The late Old English word was borrowed from biblical Latin castellum which has been translated as town or village. With the sense of castle, from Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French castel (“castle”), itself from Late Latin castellum (“small camp, fort”) (compare modern French château from Old French chastel). If Latin castrum (“camp, fort, citadel, stronghold”) is from Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“hut, shed”), Latin casa (“cottage, hut”) is related. Possibly related also to Gothic 𐌷𐌴𐌸𐌾𐍉 (hēþjō, “chamber”), Old English heaþor (“restraint, confinement, enclosure, prison”). See also casino, cassock.
From Middle English castle, castel, from late Old English castel, castell (“a town, village”), borrowed from Late Latin castellum (“small camp, fort”), diminutive of Latin castrum (“camp, fort, citadel, stronghold”). Doublet of cashel, castell, castellum, and château. Parallel borrowings (from Late Latin or Old French) are Scots castel, castell (“castle”), West Frisian kastiel (“castle”), Dutch kasteel (“castle”), German Kastell (“castle”), Danish kastel (“citadel”), Swedish kastell (“citadel”), Icelandic kastali (“castle”), Welsh castell. The late Old English word was borrowed from biblical Latin castellum which has been translated as town or village. With the sense of castle, from Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French castel (“castle”), itself from Late Latin castellum (“small camp, fort”) (compare modern French château from Old French chastel). If Latin castrum (“camp, fort, citadel, stronghold”) is from Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“hut, shed”), Latin casa (“cottage, hut”) is related. Possibly related also to Gothic 𐌷𐌴𐌸𐌾𐍉 (hēþjō, “chamber”), Old English heaþor (“restraint, confinement, enclosure, prison”). See also casino, cassock.
English surname, from the noun castle.
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