Illustration of castle
- 1 fortified approach
- 2 moat
- 3 drawbridge
- 4 ward
- 5 angle tower
- 6 donjon or keep
- 7 chapel
- 8 gallery
1
a
: a large fortified building or set of buildings
b
: a massive or imposing house
2
: a retreat safe against intrusion or invasion
3
castled; castling
ˈka-s(ə-)liŋ 
: to move a chess king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king
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Noun
Millionaires built their castles along the lake.
the implacable attackers placed the castle under a prolonged siege
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Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Surrounding the castle, which is actually the Alcázar of Toledo, a stone building framed by towers and spires, are a handful of medieval Arab, Christian, and Jewish monuments.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 1 Nov. 2024
Dylan Loeb McClain, New York Times, 27 May 2023
This is the real point of the combination as now Black will not be able to castle and White can pretty much at his leisure, build up an attack.
—Chris Chase, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2018
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Noun
Each makes it to the gates of the castle before the prince notices blood gushing everywhere.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Surrounding the castle, which is actually the Alcázar of Toledo, a stone building framed by towers and spires, are a handful of medieval Arab, Christian, and Jewish monuments.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 1 Nov. 2024
Verb
For example, pawns could not move two squares on their first turn, and there was no similar rule for castling.
—Dylan Loeb McClain, New York Times, 27 May 2023
This is the real point of the combination as now Black will not be able to castle and White can pretty much at his leisure, build up an attack.
—Chris Chase, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2018
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“Castle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/castle. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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