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castle
  1. A large building that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king.
  2. (chess) An instance of castling.
  3. (shogi) A defense structure in Japanese chess in which the king (玉) is positioned in a certain way so that it is protected by pawns (歩) and silver general(s) (銀) and/or gold general(s) (金) often with an additional knight (桂) and lance (香車).
  4. (chess, informal) A rook; a chess piece shaped like a castle tower.
  5. (obsolete) A close helmet.
  6. (dated) Any strong, imposing, and stately mansion.
  7. (dated) A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.
  8. Synonyms:
  9. Examples:
    1. “I can see a large fortified castle being laid siege to by an enormous army. Shall we go and help out?”
      “At the same time, Finnart was building his own private castle in the Upper Clyde valley.”
castling
  1. (obsolete) An abortion, or a premature birth.
  2. (obsolete) The second or third swarm of bees which leaves a hive in a season.
  3. A miniature cast or mould.
  4. One that is cast.
castling
  1. (chess) A move in which the king moves two squares towards a rook, and the rook moves to the other side of the king; the action of the verb to castle.
  2. (shogi) The act of constructing a defense structure in Japanese chess in which the king (玉) is positioned in a certain way so that it is protected by pawns (歩) and silver general(s) (銀) and/or gold general(s) (金) often with an additional knight (桂) and lance (香車).
castellanus
  1. (meteorology) A cloud species which shows vertical formations giving a crenellated appearance, associated with cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus, and stratocumulus genera.
  2. Alternative form of castellan
  3. Examples:
    1. “There would be isolated altocumulus castellanus cloud with the tops at 16 000 feet, giving 2 to 5 sm visibility in light rain showers and mist.”
      “Altocumulus castellanus cloud was presently in the Fort Liard area, and the ceiling in Fort Nelson had gone from 8000 feet agl to 3000 feet agl.”
      “There would be scattered embedded altocumulus castellanus and towering cumulus cloud with the tops at 20 000 feet, giving 1 to 3 sm visibility in rain showers and mist.”
castellany
  1. (historical) The office of a castellan, the lordship of a castle.
  2. (historical) The jurisdiction of a castellan, the district controled by a castle.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Ten, twenty, thirty bands of Burgundians were ravaging the castellany of Vaucouleurs, laying it waste with fire and sword.”
      “On the march, as was his custom, Antoine de Vergy laid waste all the villages of the castellany with fire and sword.”
      “In 1424, the duchy of Touraine with all its dependencies, except the castellany of Chinon, had come into her possession.”
castellation
  1. The act of making a building into a castle
  2. The addition of battlements to a building
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “As the picture of it shows very well, the approach was managed beautifully and the effect of castellation very well secured.”
      “The angles of the castellation of the various walls shut out the tops of the other hills or mounds on every side.”
      “Partially shielded by the castellation of the front wall, she could keep watch over her surroundings without being in view of anyone who might be spying on the house.”
castellan
  1. The governor or caretaker of a castle or keep.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The castellan had recognized the seal of the Earl of Thierry on his letters of introduction.”
      “Intelligence: The more intelligence a hero has, the more gold you can get when he become the castellan.”
      “The Allstedt council and the castellan Hans Zeiß were able to delay an investigation.”
castlery
  1. The government of a castle.
castlebuilding
  1. The construction of castles.
castellology
  1. The study of castles.
castlet
  1. A small castle.
castlette
  1. (rare) A small castle.
castellations
  1. plural of castellation Battlements and turrets added to a building to give it the appearance, or the function, of a castle
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Despite its faux castellations, it's not a castle at all, it's a lavish high-rise.”
      “It remained in the family for 136 years and saw considerable alterations including the introduction of the turrets and castellations.”
      “In 1835, they built Arrowe Hall, now private residences with many chimneys casting shadows over the castellations.”
castellani
  1. plural of castellanus
  2. Examples:
    1. “Over France the altocumuli castellani clouds at medium level indicate a very unstable air mass there, because these clouds often develop into thunderstorms.”
      Castellani also incorporated cameos, scarabs, and enamel into pieces of jewelry as had been done in ancient times.”
      Castellani was a top class fighter who met the best the welterweight and middleweight divisions could offer.”
castellanies
  1. plural of castellany
castellans
  1. plural of castellan
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Louis demanded Henry give homage to him and that two disputed castles along the Normandy border be placed into the control of neutral castellans.”
      “The loyalty of lords, of castellans and knights, without which dynastic politics would have become a masquerade and armies a sham, depended on these ideals and expectations.”
      “Blanche strengthened her rule over the county by forcing the castellans to sell their estates and by having a say in the nobles' right of fortification.”
castlettes
  1. plural of castlette
castlings
  1. plural of castling
castleries
  1. plural of castlery
castlets
  1. plural of castlet
castles
  1. plural of castle
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Bigger castles housed more troops so the threat to the Welsh in that region was very obvious.”
      “Whereas motte and bailey castles were surrounded by a wooden fence, the stone keeps could rely on outer walls made of stone.”
      “Such castles owned as allods by important magnates were particularly common as well in the Spanish March.”
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