Sekirov Dictionary

castle

/ˈkɑːsəl/

noun8

  1. a large home where a king or lord lived long ago, made strong enough to keep enemies out
  2. (old-fashioned) Any strong, imposing, and stately palace or mansion.
  3. (informal) A rook; a chess piece shaped like a castle tower.
  4. An instance of castling.
  5. (old-fashioned) A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.
  6. (informal) The wicket.
  7. A defense structure in shogi formed by defensive pieces surrounding the king.
  8. (no longer used) A close helmet.

verb6

  1. To house or keep in a castle.
  2. 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.
  3. To create a similar defensive position in Japanese chess through several moves.
  4. (figurative) To protect or separate in a similar way.
  5. To bowl a batsman with a full-length ball or yorker such that the stumps are knocked over.
  6. (no longer used) To make into a castle: to build in the form of a castle or add (real or imitation) battlements to an existing building.
forms

castled · castling · castles

Phrases with castle

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