castleward

English

Etymology

castle +‎ ward

Noun

castleward (plural castlewards)

1. Alternative form of castle-guard

References

• James Orchard Halliwell (1846) “CASTLEWARD”, in A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century. [...] In Two Volumes, volumes I (A–I), London: John Russell Smith, […], →OCLC, page 235, column 1.