Castlename

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  A surname transferred from the common noun referring to someone who lived in or worked in a castle

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  rail-transportrailwaystransportCastle class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR

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  The first part of the name of certain nuclear tests by the US: Castle Bravo, Castle Romeo, Castle Yankee etc. See Operation Castle.

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  University College, Durham, a constituent college located in Durham Castle

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castlenoun/ˈkɑːsəl/

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  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.

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  board-gameschessgamesAn instance of castling.

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  informalboard-gameschessgamesA rook; a chess piece shaped like a castle tower.

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  board-gamesgamesshogiA defense structure in shogi formed by defensive pieces surrounding the king.

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  obsoleteA close helmet.

  • 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.
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  datedAny strong, imposing, and stately palace or mansion.

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  datedA small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.

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  ball-gamescricketgamesThe wicket.

  • 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.

castleverb/ˈkɑːsəl/

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  To house or keep in a castle.

  • ...to encastle, to Castle.
  • ...Some fierce tribe, castled on the mountain-peak...
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  To protect or separate in a similar way.

  • Castle me in the armes of thy everlasting strength.
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  obsoleteTo make into a castle: to build in the form of a castle or add (real or imitation) battlements to an existing building.

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  board-gameschessgamesTo 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.

  • 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.
  • No. 24. ¶ If your adversary make a false move, castle improperly, &c., you must take notice of such irregularity before you move, or even touch a piece, or you are no longer allowed to inflict any penalties.
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  board-gamesgamesshogiTo create a similar defensive position in Japanese chess through several moves.

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  ball-gamescricketgamesTo 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.
  • He bowled Vinay with a full, straight ball that castled off stump and then dished up a yorker that RP Singh backed away to and sent onto his stumps.