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Castle

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Noun

1. castle, palace

a large and stately mansion

2. castle

a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack

3. castle, rook

(chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard

4. castle, castling

interchanging the positions of the king and a rook

Verb

5. castle

move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Castle

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noun
1. 
a fortified building or set of buildings, usually permanently garrisoned, as in medieval Europe
2. 
any fortified place or structure
3. 
a large magnificent house, esp when the present or former home of a nobleman or prince
4. 
the citadel and strongest part of the fortifications of a medieval town
5. chess another name for rook2
verb
6. 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)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Castle

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noun
1. 
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
2. 
any massive dwelling somewhat like this
3. 
a safe, secure place; refuge
4.  Chess
rook2
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈcastled or ˈcastling
5. 
to put into, or furnish with, a castle
6.  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
verb intransitive Chess
7. 
to castle a king

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Castle

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n.
1.
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.
2. A place of privacy, security, or refuge.
3. Games See rook2.
v. cas·tled, cas·tling, cas·tles
v.intr.
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.
v.tr.
1. To place in or as if in a castle.
2. Games To move (the king in chess) by castling.
British-born dancer who together with his wife, Irene Foote Castle (1893-1969), gained recognition for innovative dancing.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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