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n.
One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.
n.
A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; -- often called a stronghold.
v. i.
To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the purpose of covering the king.
imp. & p. p.
of Castle
v. t.
To take a castle from; to turn out of a castle.
n.
An opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, shooting or dropping missiles upen assailants attacking the base of the walls. Also, the construction of such defenses, in general, when of this character. See Illusts. of Battlement and Castle.
n.
The guard or defense of a castle.
n.
A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of work, or exercise of authority; -- now obsolete except in composition; as, bailiwick, Warwick, Greenwick.
n.
One whose imagination overpowers his reason and controls his judgment; an unpractical schemer; one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer.
n.
Same as Castleguard.
n.
In Ireland, a lord or proprietor of a tract of land or of a castle, elected by a family, under the system of tanistry.
n.
Fig.: one who builds castles in the air or forms visionary schemes.
a.
Having a castle or castles; supporting a castle; as, a castled height or crag.
n.
A castle and domain conferred on a nobleman for life.
n.
A small castle.
a.
Fortified; turreted; as, castled walls.
n.
The act of surrendering; the act of yielding, or resigning one's person, or the possession of something, into the power of another; as, the surrender of a castle to an enemy; the surrender of a right.
n.
A tax or imposition an a dwelling within a certain distance of a castle, for the purpose of maintaining watch and ward in it; castle-ward.
n.
A piece, made to represent a castle, used in the game of chess; a rook.
n.
The government of a castle.
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